Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po)
by George N. Roerich | 1949 | 382,646 words | ISBN-10: 8120804716 | ISBN-13: 9788120804715
This page relates ‘Sonam Gyatso (iv): Acquisition of virtues of an ordained monk’ 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 10 (The Kalacakra).
Chapter 29 - Sonam Gyatso (iv): Acquisition of virtues of an ordained monk
The Fourth (Chapter): The acquisition of the virtues of an ordained monk. At the age of 22, he acquired the virtues of an ordained monk before a congregation of 20 monks, the mahā-upādhyāya don grub dpal ba of the tshogs chen pas, who belonged to the immaculate lineage of ordination of the Great Kashmirian paṇḍita, acting as upādhyāya, the Lord 'gos lo tsā ba gzhon nu dpal[1] as karma-ācārya, and the great dpal 'byor as Secret Preceptor (gsang ston). He became possessed of an excellent pure conduct which was pleasing to Saints (Ārya).
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It seems that this portion was inserted by the editors of the text