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Video: Jonang, Bodong & Bulug Protectors

HAR Team [Updated 2-2026]

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"There are three Traditions holding the lineage of Sakya Pandita: the Sakya, the Ngor and the Tshar. From the root of the Sakya Tradition came the three renowned lineages of Bulug, Jonang and Bodong. From all these, a few minor differences in their views of the Sutras and Tantras have emerged from their explanations."

(Excerpt from the Opening of the Dharma, A Brief Explanation of the Essence of the Limitless Vehicles of the Buddha. Written by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. Translated by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Gyatso, Malaysia, October 1984).

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Bibliography:

When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty, The Samding Dorje Pagmo of Tibet. Hildegard Diemberger. Columbia University, 2007.

Feast of Miracles, The Life and the Tradition of Bodong Chole Namgyal (1375/6-1451 A.D.) according to the Tibetan Texts "Feast of Miracles" and "The Lamp Illuminating the History of Bodong." Hildegard Diemberger. Porong Pema Choding Editions, 1997.

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).