Welcome to Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled. A blog about Buddhism and Buddhist thought by a western Buddhist monk in the Tibetan Gelug tradition. lodenjinpa.com provides weekly articles, essays and news on topics related to Buddhism. Ranging from modern & western Buddhism, to practices such as Lojong, as well as topics such as the philosophical systems of ancient India, contemplative science and western psychology.
Here are a couple of the popular posts.
The Joy of Meditation
The meaning and purpose behind Buddhist chanting and prayer
What is Buddhism anyway
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About the Author
Loden Jinpa is an Australian Buddhist monk ordained in the Gelug Tibetan tradition. He has spent over 14 years studying and living with Geshe Thubten Loden at The Tibetan Buddhist Society meditation center in Melbourne Australia. In that time he has studied Buddhist epistemology, Madhyamaka philosophy, Buddhanature, Abhidharma and Vajrayana with three of the most outstanding scholars and Buddhist meditation masters. In 1998 he spent 12 months studying with Geshe Jampa Gyatso from Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Pomaia, Italy.
Texts Studied include-:
Ornament for Clear Realisations (Adhisamayalamkara) - Maitreya.
Engaging in the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara) - Chandrakirti.
Fundamental Wisdom (Mulamadyamakakarika) - Nagarjuna.
Path to Enlightnement (Lamrim Chenmo) - Je Tsong Khapa.
Ocean of Reason Commentary on Nagarjuna’s Fundamental Wisdom - Je Tsong Khapa.
Treasury of Manifest Knowledge (Abhidharmakosha) - Vasubandu.
Epistemology and Psychology as found within the Tibetan monastic tradition of Awareness and Knowledge (Lo-rik) - Dignaga and Dharmakirti.
Sublime continuum of the Mahayana (Uttaratantra) - Maitreya.
The system of the Vaibhashika, Sautrantika, Chittamatra, Svatantrika and Prasangika Madhyamika (Drup-ta).
Tantric Paths and Grounds - Ngawang Palden.
