TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN)Was obtained, it is related, from Kailasa by Yu mo in a state of Composition
of mind.
The preceding discussion of this history [ 12a] has been made both like a nat-
urally shining mirror and like a needle that removes the thorns of faults and
errors.
This exposition of the history of the Jo nan pa doctrine which is part of the
Crista! Mirror of good Explanations which expounds the sources and methods of
the doctrines is finished.
[Well-being to all!]
AppendixHistory of the Jo nan pas according to the Nor pa chos 'byun^81
Jo nan kun spans [Thugs Ije brtson 'grus] came^82 to Dab sarin La stod ByanY
He was the abbot of Nan stod rKyan 'dur.^84 Having relinquished this function,
he practised religion in mountain retreats and became renowned as an anchorite
(kun spans). When Jo mo nags rgyal^85 presented a secluded place (dgon gnas)
[to him], he founded Jo mo; and since this lord (rje) was a pupil of the
Dharmaraja 'Phags pa and the others, Jo nan also is a branch monastery (dgon
lag) of Sa skya. Thereafter, Byan sems rGyal ba ye ses, mKhas btsun Yon tan
rgya mtsho and others came.
Dol buses rab rgyal mtshan came to Dol bu Ban tshan in mNa' ris,^86 and he
attended on sKyi ston, mKhas btsun Yon tan rgya mtsho and others. He occu-
pied the abbatial seat of Jo nan, instituted the doctrinal system of the gian ston
and constructed the sKu 'bum chen mo, and [thus] the treasury of the Dharma
was revealed; so he said he thought that, the mountain having been heaped up,
the ocean flowed forth.
His pupil Jo nan Phyogs rgyal ba also came to Dol bu in mNa' ris; and he
occupied the abbatial seats of both Jo nan and Nam rin.
Concerning Nam rins,^87 together with the bdag chen of Byail, the Tva wen
chen po Nam mkha' bstan pa,^88 this master founded the residence (bla bran),
assembly hall, etc. of Nam rin. [149a] Thereafter there was a line of abbots at
Namrins.
Kun mkhyen Dol bu pa's pupil Kun span[s] Chos grags pa^89 was the son of
the dpon Kun dga' rgyal mtshan, the elder brother of the great Yon btsun Grags
pa dar, the dpon chen of Byail in the g-yas ru [of gTsail province] belonging to
the dbon rgyud of the Sa skya bla bran Khan sar chen mo.^90 He attended on dPan
lo, dPal Idan sen ge,^91 Bu ston, Dol bu pa, and many other scholars and adepts.
He established many religious schools (chos grva) including bZail Idan, 'Ga'
ron,^92 Chun kha ba, etc., and he accomplished much that was beneficial as the
ornament of the Teaching.