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Title

Buddha-nature and emptiness : rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab and a transmission of the Ratnagotravibhāga from India to Tibet / Kazuo Kanō.

Author

Kanō, Kazuo

Publication

Wien : Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, 2016.

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Description

xvi, 488 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde ; Heft 91

Uniform Title

Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde ; Heft 91.

Alternative Title

rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab and a transmission of the Ratnagotravibhaga from India to Tibet

Subject

• Blo-ldan-shes-rab, Rngog-lo-chen-po, 1059-1109
• Ratnagotravibhāga > Early works to 1800
• Buddhist scholars > Tibet Autonomous Region > Early works to 1800
• Mahayana Buddhism > Doctrines > Early works to 1800
• Tantric Buddhism > Doctrines > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Commentaries
• Early works

Note

• Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Hamburg, 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-460) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- Historical and doctrinal background -- The authorship of the Ratnagotravibhaga and its transmission in India from the 5th to the 10th century -- The resurrection of the Ratnagotravibhaga in India in the early 11th century : Maitripa and Inanasrlmitra -- Ratnakarasanti's understanding of Buddha-nature -- The transmission of the Ratnagotravibhaga in East India from the 11th to the 13th century from Prajnakaramati to Vibhuticandra -- The Kashmiri tradition of the Ratnagotravibhaga Exegesis in the 11th and 12th centuries : Sajjana and his Circle -- Six Tibetan translations of the Ratnagotravibhaga -- Conclusion -- RNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab and his doctrinal position -- The life and works of RNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab -- RNgog's Doctrinal Positions in Relation to Sajjana's and His Com-mentarial Style -- RNgog's RGyud bla ma'i don bsdus pa as a Reflection of his own doctrinal position -- Conclusion -- RNgog's impact on later developments to the Early 14th century -- 14th to the 16th century -- Conclusion -- Final considerations -- Resituating Rngog's position in a wider context -- Appendices -- Appendix A : a topical outline of the RGyud bla mai don bsduspa -- Appendix B : a list of commentaries of the Ratnagotravibhaga -- Abbreviations and bibliographies -- Indices.

ISBN

9783902501295

OCLC

• 962180751
• SCSB-11988658

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library