Home›Sources›The Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab GyaltsenSourcesThe Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab GyaltsenCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-buddha-from-dolpo-a-study-of-the-life-and-thought-of-the-tibetan-master-dolpopa-sherab-gyaltsen.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-buddha-from-dolpo-a-study-of-the-life-and-thought-of-the-tibetan-master-dolpopa-sherab-gyaltsenCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-buddha-from-dolpo-a-study-of-the-lif, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-buddha-from-dolpo-a-study-of-the-life-and-thought-of-the-tibetan-master-dolpopa-sherab-gyaltsen}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXCyrus Stearns is a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, and this State University of New York Press book is his scholarly study of the life and thought of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, the founder of the Jonang school's distinctive shentong, other-emptiness, teaching. Its strength is close engagement with Dolpopa's own Tibetan writings to reconstruct a controversial doctrinal position that was suppressed for centuries within Tibet, giving readers access to a genuinely marginalized strand of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy in its own terms. Its limit is that it is a focused study of Dolpopa and the Jonang tradition specifically, so a claim about the rival Gelug school's philosophical position, or about Tibetan Buddhism more broadly, needs a source addressing those separate traditions.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (56 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedCyrus StearnsPublisherWell-attestedState University of New York PressPublication YearWell-attested1999URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/buddhafromdolpos0000steaSource TypeWell-attestedacademic monographAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Cyrus Stearns's scholarly study of the life and thought of the Jonang master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen.NotesWell-attestedScholarly study of the life and thought of the Jonang master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithNew York, Cities Well-attested This source names New York directly: "Buddhism, and this State University of New York Press book is his scholarly study of the life and thought of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, the founder of the Jonang school's distinctive shentong..."Source The Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab GyaltsenCyrus Stearnstier 1Claims Backed By This Source (56 claims)This source backs 56 claims across the atlas. As facts: 39 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 4 connected. Plus 9 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 24 claims: 15 well-attested, 4 connected, 5 general references.Beliefs & Restrictions, 14 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 3 general references.Doctrines, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.Well-attested39ArticlesA Doctrine the Fifth Dalai Lama's Government Tried to Close DownA Tantra Whose Custodian Tradition Was Nearly ErasedDolpopa's Doctrine, Recovered From Its Own SuppressionHow a Suppressed School Survived at the Edge of TibetThe Gelug Argument Against a Hidden SomethingBeliefs & RestrictionsOther-emptiness (shentong): ultimate reality is empty of what is other than itselfSelf-emptiness (rangtong): things are empty of their own inherent existenceDoctrinesRangtong and Shentong (Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness)SourcesThe Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab GyaltsenScholarly debate3Beliefs & RestrictionsOther-emptiness (shentong): ultimate reality is empty of what is other than itselfSelf-emptiness (rangtong): things are empty of their own inherent existenceDoctrinesRangtong and Shentong (Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness)Holds1SourcesThe Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab GyaltsenConnected4ArticlesA Tantra Whose Custodian Tradition Was Nearly ErasedDolpopa's Doctrine, Recovered From Its Own SuppressionHow a Suppressed School Survived at the Edge of TibetThe Gelug Argument Against a Hidden SomethingGeneral References9ArticlesA Doctrine the Fifth Dalai Lama's Government Tried to Close DownA Tantra Whose Custodian Tradition Was Nearly ErasedDolpopa's Doctrine, Recovered From Its Own SuppressionHow a Suppressed School Survived at the Edge of TibetThe Gelug Argument Against a Hidden SomethingBeliefs & RestrictionsOther-emptiness (shentong): ultimate reality is empty of what is other than itselfSelf-emptiness (rangtong): things are empty of their own inherent existenceThe Kalachakra tantra and its six branch yoga as the culminating practiceDoctrinesRangtong and Shentong (Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness)Comments (0)No comments yet. 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