Dhongthog Rinpoche 董陀仁波切

Dhongthog Rinpoche (photo by Kurt Smith)

Dhongthog Rinpoche Tenpé Gyaltsen (Wyl. gdong thog bstan pa’i rgyal mtshan) aka T.G. Dhongthog Rinpoche (1933-2015) was one of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist scholars of recent times, noted especially for his work as a historian, lexicographer and prolific author. From 1979 Rinpoche was based in Seattle, USA. He published a number of books in Tibetan and English, especially through the Sapan Institute, of which he was the founding-director.

董陀仁波切滇貝．嘉岑，也稱為T. G. 董陀仁波切（1933年生），是當今在世的頂尖藏傳佛教學者之一，尤以身為歷史學者與辭典編纂者的工作而聞名。自1979年開始，仁波切主要居住在美國西雅圖。仁波切出版了許多藏文著作，其中不少是經由他所成立與指導的薩班學會（Sapan Institute）出版。

Biography

After being recognized as the fifth reincarnation of Jampal Rigpai Raldri by the Sakya Dagchen Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, Rinpoche studied Tibetan literature and Buddhist philosophy at Dzongsar Shedra. Before leaving Tibet in 1957, Rinpoche was the head teacher of Dhongthog Rigdrol Phuntsog Ling Monastery, Kardze, Tibet. Rinpoche served the Tibetan Government-in-Exile for 13 years before moving to the United States in 1979. In those 13 years, Rinpoche worked at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala and at Tibet House in New Delhi.

仁波切被薩迦達欽法王拿旺．貢嘎．仁欽（Sakya Dagchen Ngawang Kunga Rinchen）認證為第五世蔣巴．日佩．拉吉（Jampal Rigpai Raldri[1]）之後，在宗薩佛學院研讀西藏文學與佛教哲學。1957年離開西藏之前，仁波切擔任西藏甘孜董陀．利卓．彭措林寺（Dhongthog Rigdrol Phuntsog Ling Monastery）的首席教師。仁波切在1979年移居美國之前，服務於西藏流亡政府達十三年。在這十三年期間，仁波切任職於達蘭莎拉的西藏文獻檔案圖書館（Tibetan Works and Archives），以及新德里的西藏之家（Tibet House）。

He wrote several books, including The History of Sakyapa School of Tibetan Buddhism, The Cleansing Water-drops, The Earth Shaking Thunder of True Word, The History of Tibet, and New Light English-Tibetan Dictionary. In addition, he worked as a translator and editor on the Tibetan version of Sogyal Rinpoche's The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying and translated David Jackson's biography of Dezhung Rinpoche into Tibetan.

仁波切著作豐富，包括《藏傳佛教薩迦派教法史》*（The History of Sakyapa School of Tibetan Buddhism）、《能淨水滴》*（The Cleansing Water-drops）、《震地雷鳴真實語》*（The Earth Shaking Thunder of True Work[2]）, 《西藏史》*（The History of Tibet）、《新光明英藏字典》*（New Light English-Tibetan Dictionary）。仁波切是索甲仁波切所著《西藏生死書》藏文版的譯者與編者，也將大衛．傑克森（David Jackson）所著的德松仁波切（Dezhung Rinpoche）傳記翻譯為藏文。

Ven. Dhongthog Rinpoche passed away on the morning of 13th January, 2015 in Seattle, Washington.

Publications

In English

• Dhongthog Rinpoche, Important Events in Tibetan History, New Delhi, 1968
• 《西藏歷史大事記》，德里，1968
• T.G. Dhongthog, New Light English-Tibetan Dictionary, New Delhi, 1973 (1st edition)
• 《新光明英藏字典》，達蘭莎拉，1988
• T.G. Dhongthog Rinpoche, The Light of Knowledge: Modern English Grammar, Paljor Publications
• 《知識之光：藏語解釋現代英文文法》（帕久出版社） [3]
• T.G. Dhongthog Rinpoche, The Earth Shaking Thunder of True Word, Sapan Institute, 1996
• 《震地雷鳴真實語──對攻擊達賴尊者關於護法修持教言之駁斥》（薩班學會出版，1996）

In Tibetan

• gzab bris kyi rnam gzhag ka dpe dang bcas pa blo gsal dga' skyed, Sapan Institute, 1975
• ma bcos dngos 'brel brjod pa dus kyi me lce, Paljor Publications, 1979
• mi mjed 'jig rten khams kyi rnam gzhag gna' rabs pa'i 'dod thsul la dpyad pa rigs pa'i snang byed, Sapan Institute, 1993
• bden gtam sa gzhi 'dar ba'i 'brug sgra, Sapan Institute, 1996
• rgyal ba'i bstan la 'khrul pa smra ba'i rdul sel lung rigs kyi byi dor dag byed zegs ma, Sapan Institute, 2000
• gangs can bod kyi rgyal rabs lo tshigs dang dus 'gyur yo lang la dpyad pa sngon med deb ther gzur gnas dpyod ldan dgyes pa'i dbyangs snyan, Sapan Institute, 2002
• tsom bris sna tshogs phogs bsdus utpal gzhon nu'i chun po, Sapan Institute, 2004
• rtsom bris sna tshogs phyogs bsdus utpal gzhon nu'i chun po, Sapan Institute, 2004
• tre hor gdong sprul bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan gyi 'dir snang yo lang lo rgyus brjod pa zol med ngag gi rol mo, Sapan Institute, 2004
• sde gzhung lung rigs sprul sku'i gsung zin phyogs bsgrigs, Sapan Institute, 2004
• 'jam mgon rgyal ba'i bstan dgra rdul du rlag byed lung rigs gnam lcags thog mda' , Sapan Institute, 2006
• Dr. David P. Jackson, Translator: Dhongthog Rinpoche, sde gzhung lung rigs sprul sku byams pa kun dga' bstan pa'i nyi ma rin po che'i rnam thar, Sapan Institute, 2006
• 'thad par smra ba'i gtam mdongs mtha' sil pa'i zlos gar, Sapan Institute

other Sapan Institute publications 薩班學會之其他出版品

• dge 'dun chos 'phel,rgya gar gyi gnas chen khag l bgrod pa'i lam yig, 1976
• mkhan po phrin las chos 'phel, rje bla ma 'jam dbyangs kun dga' bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan gyi rnam par thar pa byin rlabs rgya mtsho ngo mtshar gter mdzod, 2000
• dze smad g.yo rdzun klan ka'i lan, lung rigs rdo rje'i me char 'di, rnying rgan sangs rgyas rdo rjes sbyar, 2004
• Tulku Yeshi Gyatso, lha chen po khyab 'jug gi 'jug pa bcu'i rtogs brjod snyan pa'i ngag tu bsdebs pa rtsa 'grel dri za'i 'jig rten nyul ba'i lam yig yig, 2004
• thu'u bkwan chos kyi rdo rje, nor bu ke ta ka'i byi dor, 2004

Further Reading

• Heimbel, Jörg. The Life and Works of the 5th gDong thog sPrul sku bsTan pa'i rgyal mtshan (b. 1933). M.A Thesis
• Jörg Heimbel，《第五世董陀祖古滇貝嘉岑（1933年生）之生平與著作》。碩士論文，德國漢堡大學，2007。

External Links

• TBRC Profile
• 藏傳佛教資源中心數位圖書館中的簡介（英文）

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