Tibetan Buddhist literature and praxis : studies in its formative period, 900-1400 : PIATS 2003 : Tibetan studies : proceedings of the tenth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003 / edited by Ronald M. Davidson and Christian K. Wedemeyer ; managing editor, Charles Ramble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar (10th : 2003 : Oxford, England)

Contributor:

Davidson, Ronald M., 1950-

Wedemeyer, Christian K.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 10/4.

Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 10/4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--History--Congresses.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Proceedings of the tenth seminar of the IATS, 2003

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Collectively, the papers of this volume reveal the cultural dynamism of Tibet in the period between 900 and 1400CE, when the fundamental contours of Tibetan Buddhism were still fluid and highly contested. The papers address a spectrum of issues in Tibetan religion and literature, ranging in time and space from the far eastern oasis of Dunhuang in the tenth century through 'high classical' developments in Central Tibet in the early fifteenth century. It is divided into four parts, addressing respectively literary and religious issues in tenth-century Dunhuang, the textual history of the Old Tantric Canon (Rnying ma'i rgyud 'bum), the development of Tibetan religious literature in the new translation period, and the history and transmission of several influential systems of esoteric Buddhism.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction: Envisioning the Topography

PART ONE: EARLY TIBETAN LITERATURE FROM DUNHUANG

New Light on an Old Friend: PT 849 Reconsidered

The Legend of Cig car ba Criticism in Tibet: a List of Six Cig car ba Titles in the Chos 'byung me tog snying po of Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer (12th century)

The Tibetan Avalokiteśvara Cult in the Tenth Century: Evidencefrom the Dunhuang Manuscripts

PART TWO: THE RNYING MA TANTRIC CANON

The Case of the Shuffled Folios: First Steps in Critically Editing the Phur bu mya ngan las 'das pa'i rgyud chen po in the Rnying ma'i rgyud 'bum

Textual Criticism of the Rnying ma'i rgyud 'bum Tradition

PART THREE: GSAR MA LITERATURE

Imperial Agency in the Gsar ma Treasure Texts during the Tibetan Renaissance: the Rgyal po bla gter and Related Literature

Tantalising Traces of the Labours of the Lotsāwas: Alternative Translations of Sanskrit Sources in the Writings of Rje Tsong kha pa

PART FOUR: INDO-TIBETAN PRAXIS AND HISTORY

Identifying the Unnamed Opponents of Tsong kha pa and Mkhas grub rje Concerning the Transformation of Ordinary Birth, Death and Intermediate State into the Three Bodies

Blending the Sūtras with the Tantras: The Influence of Maitrīpa and His Circle on the Formation of Sūtra Mahāmudrā in the Kagyu Schools

The Transmission of Bsnyung gnas in India, the Kathmandu Valley and Tibet (10th-12th centuries)

Conclusion: Prominent Peaks, Obscure Valleys, and Mirages

List of Contributors

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-45810-4

9786611458102

90-474-1167-6

OCLC:

319492588

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047411673 DOI