A noble noose of methods, the Lotus Garland synopsis: a Mahāyoga tantra and its commentary
Literaturverz. S. [363] - 371
| Subtitles: | 'Phags pa Thabs kyi źags pa padma 'phreṅ gi don bsdus pa Images of the Dunhuang Manuscript, IOL Tib J 321, from the Stein Collection, held at the British Library in London Maha-yoga-tantra Vphags-pa thabs kyi zhags-pa pad-ma vphreng gi don bsdus-pavi vgrel-pa |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Tibetan |
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| Published: |
Wien
Verlag d. Österr. Akademie d. Wissenschaft
2012
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| In: |
Denkschriften (449)
Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens
73 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mahā yoga
B Dunhuang manuscripts / Red Hat Sect / Mahā yoga B Mahā yoga / Tantrism / History 800-1000 |
| Further subjects: | B
Dunhuang manuscripts
B Rñiṅ ma rgyud ʼbum. Thabs kyi źags pa Padma ʼphreṅ gi don bsdus pa B British Library Manuscript IOL Tib J 321 B Spring |
| Summary: | Literaturverz. S. [363] - 371 "The inspiration for this volume is one of the most celebrated documents retrieved from the ancient cave library in Dunhuang: a tantric commentary in 85 folios together with its root text, and prolific marginal annotations that are not found elsewhere. It provides our most reliable and comprehensive window into the ritual and doctrinal world of the early Nyingmapa. Among much else, it offers an unparalleled early representation of Padmasambhava, a detailed presentation of fundamental Nyingma tantric views later endorsed by Rongzom and Longchenpa, and citations attributed to numerous other Nyingma tantras. A good half of the book is devoted to editorial efforts, including a discussion of how they can be applied to Tibetan literature. The Dunhuang manuscript itself is shown to be defective in several respects, including accidental loss of chapters, while centuries of scribal mishaps have deprived the commentary as traditionally transmitted of a third of its contents. Even the root text has become distorted in most popular canonical editions. By collating all twenty-one extant witnesses drawn from Dunhuang, the Tenjurs, Kanjurs both mainstream and local, and the various Ancient Tantra Collections, stemmatic analysis establishes their sometimes unexpected historical relationships. Armed with that understanding, an accurate reconstruction of the contours of both texts becomes possible for the first time in many centuries, and numerous readings of the root text earlier even than the Dunhuang ms can be recovered."--Publisher's website |
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| Item Description: | Einf. und Komm. engl., Text tibet. und engl. - Teilw. in tibet. Schr |
| ISBN: | 3700172737 |