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The conjunction of chinese Chan and tibetan Rdzogs Chen thought: Reflections on the tibetan Dunhuang manuscripts Iol Tib J 689-1 and Pt 699
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This chapter contextualizes two Dunhuang manuscripts (IOL Tib J 689-1 and PT 699) in their historical and philosophical framework in order to shed new light on the relationship between Chinese Chan and Tibetan Rdzogs chen thought in the ninth and tenth centuries in the Sino-Tibetan border region. It concludes with a look at how later Tibetan scholars criticized this syncretic current of Inner Asian Buddhism, which in their view appeared to be attempting to pass itself off as Rdzogs chen teaching. The great tenth-century work Bsam gtan mig sgron ( The Torch of the Eye of Meditation ) by Gnubs chen Sangs rgyas ye shes, a treatise on dhyāna and the four approaches to realization that were popular in ninth to tenth century Tibet, appears in its critique to be pointing exactly to the view expressed in the Tibetan commentary PT 699. Keywords: Bsam gtan mig sgron ; Chinese Chan manuscript; IOL Tib J 689-1; PT 699; Tibetan Rdzogs chen thought
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“Moheyan would appear to have been aware of the doctrinal position of the Śūra ṅ gama Sūtra of 'returning to the source' ( fan yuan ) (Meinert, 2007: 246), and this idea would likely have been known in Tibet around Moheyan's time, given that both the Śūra ṅ gama Sūtra and Diamond Sūtra are found in the earliest extant Tibetan catalogue (the Karchag Denkarma, compiled circa 812) and the Kangyur (Tan”
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“Moreover, as briefly mentioned above, the simplicity of Dzogchen meditation does not necessarily mean that such 16 A similar situation pertains to the early Chan tradition (see Meinert 2007, 259).”
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- Meinert, C.
- Corresponding author
- Meinert, Carmen
- ORCID
- Meinert, Carmen
- Venue
- Contributions to the Cultural History of Early Tibet
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2007-01-01
- Pages
- 239-301
- OpenAlex
- W825792361
- Cited by
- 15
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- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2012: 1
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- 8.00
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- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Keywords
- Zen Buddhism, Dunhuang manuscripts, dhyana, syncretism, 9th-10th centuries
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