Blue Annals
Overview
Gö Lotsawa
gZhon-nu-dpal , also known as Gos Lo-tsa-ba , famous Tibetan historian and scholar.-Life and achievements:He was born in 1392 at lho kha 'phyongs rgyas...
(gos lo tsā ba gzhon nu dpal, 1392–1481), is a Tibetan historical survey with a marked 'ecumenical' (Tibetan: Rimé
Rime
Rime is a coating of ice:*Hard rime, white ice that forms when water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, such as trees*Soft rime, similar to hard rime, but feathery and milky in appearance...
) view, focusing upon the dissemination of various sectarian spiritual traditions throughout Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
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An English translation by George de Roerich
George de Roerich
George Nicolas de Roerich was a prominent 20th century Tibetologist. His name at birth was Yuri Nikolaevich Rerikh...
with help from Gendun Chöphel was published in 1949 and has since remained one of the most widely consulted sources on the history of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India . It is the state religion of Bhutan...
up to the fifteenth century.
The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library is working on a new online translation of the Blue Annals.
A similar work from a later period is Thuken Chökyi Nyima's Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems (grub mtha' shel gyi me long), completed in 1802.