The Jonang (Tibetan: ཇོ་ནང་, Wylie: Jo-nang) is a school of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Its origins in Tibet can be traced to the early 12th century master Yumo Mikyo Dorje. It became widely known through the work of the popular 14th century figure Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen.

We advance research and scholarship on the Jonang, and host educational and cultural preservation initiatives that sustain and enliven this distinct tradition within contemporary contexts.

Jonang historical texts as well as biographies of early Jonangpa masters reference this first settlement simply as, “Jonang Monastery” (jo nang dgon pa). These sources specify this as the founding site of the Jonang tradition.

Isolated for almost four centuries within the remote regions of far eastern Tibet, the Jonang continue transmitting their vital views and practices from the Kalachakra Tantra or “Wheel of Time Continuum” while sustaining their unique understanding of mind and …

The Jonang (Tibetan: ཇོ་ནང་ , Wylie: Jo-nang) is a school of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Its origins in Tibet can be traced to the early 12th century master Yumo Mikyo Dorje. It became widely known through the work of the popular 14th century figure Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen.

In 1294 Kunpang Thukje Tsondru (1243-1313), a disciple of Choku Odzer and holder of the Dro lineage of the Kalachakra Tantra, settled in mountain caves in South Central Tibet in U-Tsang in a place called “Jomonang,” starting the Jonang tradition.

Thought distinct by many, especially western scholars, the Jonangpa are anything but that. They are alive and well and have flourished greatly in the far eastern areas of Tibet, particularly in Amdo and Golok.

Jul 16, 2024 · Jonang (jo nang) refers to one of the Sarma schools of Tibetan Buddhism, founded in the eleventh century by Yumo Mikyö Dorje, a disciple of the great Kashmiri Pandita Somanatha who was a great practitioner of Kalachakra. Its main …

The Jonang Tradition, named after a mountain valley in the Tsang Province, was established in the late 13th and early 14th century by Kunpang Tugje Tsondru. During the early period, up to the mid 17th century, the focus was on three principal practices, the Kalachakra, Margapala and the Shangpa Kagyu.

With surmounting factional rivalries and divided allegiances amongst Jonang and Geluk patrons in Central Tibet, and with the Mongol Army’s solidifying of Geluk power, Jonangpa political and territorial influence began to wane during the early 17 th century.