Rinchen Zangpo Quotes on Knowledge
Rinchen Zangpo was a Tibetan translator and Buddhist scholar of the late tenth and eleventh centuries, the most important figure of the so-called Later Diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet, who, sponsored by the kings of Guge in western Tibet, traveled three times to India and brought back to Tibet the Sanskrit texts and tantric instructions that became the foundation of the new tantric schools. This page collects quotes attributed to Rinchen Zangpo on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Rinchen Zangpo:
“What we cannot translate, we cannot study; what we cannot study, we cannot transmit.”
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Attributed to Rinchen Zangpo:
“Three journeys to India have given me what no single journey could have given.”
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Attributed to Rinchen Zangpo:
“The translator stands between worlds, and is the citizen of neither.”
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Attributed to Rinchen Zangpo:
“A faithful translation is a kind of prayer in another tongue.”
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Attributed to Rinchen Zangpo:
“The Dharma is one; its idioms are many.”