Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen () (1859–1933Lopön Tenzin Namdak and Dixey, Richard (2002). Heart Drops of Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice of the Bön Tradition. Snow Lion Publications. , p.4 or 1935Lopön Tenzin Namdak and Dixey, Richard (2002). Heart Drops of Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice of the Bön Tradition. Snow Lion Publications. , p.7) was a great Dzogchen master of the Bon tradition of Tibet who took not only Bon disciples, but gathered students from all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.Gorvine, William M. (2006). The Life of a Bonpo Luminary: Sainthood, Partisanship and Literary Representation in a 20th Century Tibetan Biography. Dissertation. University of Virginia: Department of Religious Studies. Source: (accessed: Saturday October 31, 2009)
Biography
Shardza was born in 1859 in Kham.Gayley, Holly; Schapiro, Joshua (2017). A Gathering of Brilliant Moons Practice Advice from the Rime Masters of Tibet. Wisdom Publications. pp. 97-99. He took ordination at age 30. He wrote philosophical works and became an influential Bon scholar.
Shardza has been cited as a vegetarian as he refused to eat the meat of any animal that was slaughtered."The Hidden Vegetarians of Tibet". tricycle.org. Retrieved 5 April 2023. However, Shardza would eat meat from animals that died naturally from accidents or attacked by wolves as the consumer has no involvement in the death of the animal.
According to tradition, Shardza Tashi Gyeltsen famously realized the rainbow body.
Chaoul (2006) opened the discourse of Bon traditions of Trul khor into Western scholarship in English with his thesis from Rice University, which makes reference to writings of Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, particularly the Most Profound Heavenly Storehouse None Other than the Oral Transmission of Trul Khor Energy Control Practices ().
Literary works 'The Self-Dawning of the Three Bodies' ()Gorvine, William M. (2006). The Life of a Bonpo Luminary: Sainthood, Partisanship and Literary Representation in a 20th Century Tibetan Biography. Dissertation. University of Virginia: Department of Religious Studies. Source: (accessed: Saturday October 31, 2009), p.2 byang zab nam mkha' mdzod chen las snyan rgyud rtsa rlung 'phrul 'khor (a Commentary on Trul Khor)
See also
Tapihritsa Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche
Notes
References Lopön Tenzin Namdak and Dixey, Richard (2002). Heart Drops of Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice of the Bön Tradition. Snow Lion Publications. Gorvine, William M. (2006). The Life of a Bonpo Luminary: Sainthood, Partisanship and Literary Representation in a 20th Century Tibetan Biography. Dissertation. University of Virginia: Department of Religious Studies. Source: (accessed: Saturday October 31, 2009) Jean-Luc Achard (2008). Enlightened Rainbows: The Life and Works of Shardza Tashi Gyeltsen. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library. .