Sapan Khenjuk

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Sakya Pandita.

Sapan Khenjuk or The Entrance Gate for the Wise (T. mkhas pa'i tshul la 'jug pa'i sgo མཁས་པའི་ཚུལ་ལ་འཇུག་པའི་སྒོ) is a text by Sakya Pandita which explains in three sections how to enter into the three activities of a pandita: composition, teaching and debate. There is a commentary composed by Lowo Khenchen Sönam Lhundrup.

Translations

  • Section I is published in English as "The Dharma's Gatekeepers: Sakya Pandita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet", by Jonathan C. Gold (SUNY: 2007)
  • Section III is published in English as The Entrance Gate for the Wise (Section III): Saskya Pandita on Indian and Tibetan Traditions of Pramana and Philosophical Debate, by David P. Jackson (Arbeitskreis fur Tibetisch und Buddhistiche Studien Universiteit Wein: 1987)

Further reading

  • Jonathan C. Gold, The Dharma's Gatekeepers: Sakya Pandita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet, SUNY, 2007
  • David P. Jackson, The Entrance Gate for the Wise (Section III), Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, Wien, 1987
  • Sapan Khenjuk, Rigpa Shedra Wiki