COMPARISON OF TWO TIBETAN COMPENDIUMS ON BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY DATING FROM THE 13TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
COMPARISON OF TWO TIBETAN COMPENDIUMS ON BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY DATING FROM THE 13TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Author(s): Alexa PéterSubject(s): Cultural history, Modern Age, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: ’Phags-pa lama; Kun-dga’ Chos-legs; Buddhist cosmology; cosmogony and antropogony of the abhidharma-system;
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines two Tibetan sources to show how Tibetan masters could introduce people of totally different cultural background into Buddhist doctrines. The Explanation of the Knowable (Tib. Shes-bya rab-tu gsal-ba) was written by ’Phags-pa lama, while the Answers to the Questions of Sken-dha from Europe (Tib. Rgya-gar rum-yul-pa Sken-dhas dris-lan) is the compendium of Kun-dga’ Chos-legs. Both analyse the same subject: cosmology as part of the basic doctrines, and both have the same aim: initiating foreigners into Buddhist precepts. Thus we can observe the similarity of the two works and the teaching methods used by the masters who followed different traditions at different times.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 69/2016
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 441-456
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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