Tracing the Life of a Buddhist Literary Apologia: Steps in Preparation for the Study and Translation of Sokdokpa’s Thunder of Definitive Meaning

This article discusses Buddhist apologetics in Tibet by examining the formation, revision, and reception of the most renowned literary apologia ever written in defense of the Old School of Tibetan Buddhism: Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen’s early 17th-century magnum opus the Thunder of Definitive Meaning. I...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Gentry, James Duncan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B genre studies
B Buddhist literature and apologetics
B Buddhist literature and intellectual history
B Buddhist literature and reception
B old School of Tibetan Buddhism
B Tibetan literature
B Buddhist literature and authorship
B Philology
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