Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 19. (Budapest, 2000)

Béla KELÉNYI: Biographical Details from the Year of the Fire-Monkey

dgung lo bcu bdun par 'Bri khung du sPyan snga rin po che la theg chen sems bskyed fdjang phyag chen Inga gsan cing khrid zab par

* rdo rje phreng kyang gsan pa /19 * The underlined section is barely legible; except Jamyang's text it features neither in the Tibetan biographies, nor in the text published by Tucci. 19. "At the age of seventeen in Drikung monastery he studied the Bodhicittopada according to the Mahayana under Chenga (Chökyi Gyalpo) rinpoche, and received thorough instruction to the five (chapters) of the Mahamudra, and the Vajravali cycle." tshal pa'i bla rje dKon mchog skyabs kyi drung du gso dpyad la [sjbyangs pa / 20 20. "He trained himself in medicine under the noble lama from Tshel, Könchog Kyap." sNye thang du gDan sa dGe bsgosf=bskongsJ *par chos gsan pa./

21 * Except Jamyang's text here this text and the Tibetan biographies differ from the version published by Tucci. 21. "At Nyethang he studied the teachings of Densa Gekong." bDe ba can du bla ma Yon dBu * gnyis la phar phyin gsan pa / 22 * Although Jamyang states the same, to accord with the Tibetan biographies, the name not of Bumapa (?) but clearly that of Sharchöpa, another teacher, should come next. Tucci marked this part of the text with dots. 22. "At Devachen monastery he studied Prajnaparamita under Yön(ten Gyatso) and Bu(mapa) (?)." slobf-klogj pa 'i slob dpon gnyis kyi drung du mngon rtogs brgyan sogs la spyangspa /23* *This part is missing from Jamyang's text. 23. "Under two masters of reading [i.e. the above-mentioned Yönten Gyatso and Sharcöpa] he trained himself in the Abhisamayalamkara." Jam rin la Byams chos kun gsan pa / 24 24. "Under Jamrin (a lama from Devachen monastery) he studied all the works of Maitreya buddha." gSang-phufrj grfvja skor mdzad pa / 25 25. "(At the age of nineteen) he entered the seminary at Sangphu monastery." bDe ba can du grfvja skor mdzad pa 26. "He entered the seminary at Devachen monastery" 7 [Chinese character*] da vos gzhi

** Chos rdzong du dpal fljdan pa 'f=mjjal 'Jam Gur gyi rjes gnang sogs gnang dbu pan [zhva] btad pa / * It is possible that by using the Chinese character for seven the intention was to indicate the number twenty-seven, the next in order numerically. However, this character nowhere features among the captions published by Tucci; it does occur at this point in the Tibetan biographies, although it does not fully accord with them. ** The underlined section does not feature in the Tibetan biographies; here the first part of the monastery's name (dNgul chu) or the words "hermit's dwelling" (dben gnas) ought to come next. "In (Ngulchu) Chödzong monastery he met with the venerable lama (Sönam Gyaltsen) and received the blessing of Manjushri and Panjara Mahakala, and [Sönam'

s] pandit cap." Zha lur lo chen Rin rnam la bDe mchog Mai tri bcu gsum gsan pa /* * In the captions published by Tucci this is the text for Scene 27, although here the scene is not marked with number. 28. "At Shalu he studied the Cakrasamvara cycle of the thirteen deities according to Maitripa's system, under the great translator Rin(chen) Nam(gyel)."

14 Sa skyar [grva] skor mdzad pa 29. "He entered the seminary at Sakya monastery." bZang Idan du grfvja skor mdzad pa / 30 30. "He entered the seminary at Zangden monastery."