Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po)
by George N. Roerich | 1949 | 382,646 words | ISBN-10: 8120804716 | ISBN-13: 9788120804715
This page relates ‘Phagmodru Lineage (xiv): dpal ngag gi dbang po’ of the Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po)—An important historical book from the 15th century dealing with Tibetan Buddhism and details the spiritual doctrine and lineages of religious teachers in Tibet. This chapter belongs to Book 8 (The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)).
Chapter 10 - Phagmodru Lineage (xiv): dpal ngag gi dbang po
[Full title: Phagmodru lineage (xiv): dpal ngag gi dbang po (abbot in 1458???)]
The chair remained empty for twenty years till the year Water Female Hen (chu mo bya 1453 A.D.). After that the Great Master (bdag po chen po) kun dga' legs pa and che sa sangs rgyas rgyal mtshan held a council, and on the tenth day of the eleventh month of the year Wood Male Dog (shing pho khyi 1454 A.D.) they invited the Dharmasvāmin dpal ngag gi dbang po, aged 16, to occupy the Lion Throne of the Great Monastery. In the year Earth Male Tiger (sa pho stag 1458 A.D.), due to a War between South and North, he himself came to the monastery from sne gdong, and claimed it. 16 years after, in the year Water Female Serpent (chu mo sbrul 1473 A.D.), he sat on the Lion Throne of the monastery invited by gods, ḍākinīs, Religious Protectors and local deities.
From the birth of the Precious ‘gro mgon till the present Fire Male Ape year (me pho spre'u 1476 A.D.) 367 years elapsed[1] .
The Chapter on the Lineage of abbots of phag mo gru.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
R: ‘gro mgon phag mo gru pa was born in 1110 A.D.