Ponse Khyunggo Tsel (dpon gsas khyung rgod rtsal) was born in 1175, the wood-sheep year of third sexagenary cycle, near To Lhatse (stod lha rtse) in central Tibet. He was known also as Jilton Heruka Khyunggo Tsel (dbyil ston he ru ka khyung rgod rtsal).
He was a prolific treasure revealer of the Bon tradition whose works are part of the Bon canon. Desi Sanggye Gyatso (sde sri sangs rgyas rgya mtsho, 1653-1705) referred to Khyunggo Tsel's treasure, A Vase of Nectar (bdud rtsi bum 'bring) in his writings on medical history. Among his students were Azha Lodro Gyeltsen ('a zha blo gros rgyal mtshan, 1198-1263).
Images
Portrait of Drenpa Namkha
Nineteenth century portrait of the Bon master Drenpa Namkha surrounded by deities and lineage masters.
参考书目
Achard, Jean-Luc. 2008. Enlightened Rainbows The Life and Works of Shardza Tashi Gyeltsen. Leiden: Brill.
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Karmay, Samten Gyaltsen, and Jeff Watt. 2007. Bon, The Magic Word: The Indigenous Religion of Tibet. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, pp. 79, 160.
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Vitali R. N.d. "Accounts of the journey to the "Western Regions" with particular reference to Khyung-rgod-rtsal and his 'das-log experience. A historical view." Unpublished paper presented at the Eighth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bloomington July, 1998.