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An Early Bka’-gdams-pa Madhyamaka Work Attributed To Atiśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna
Author Apple, James B. (著)
Source Journal of Indian Philosophy
Volumev.44 n.4
Date2016.09
Pages619 - 725
PublisherSpringer
Publisher Url http://www.springer.com/gp/
LocationBerlin, Germany [柏林, 德國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor Affiliations: Social Sciences #532, Department of Classics & Religion, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
KeywordMadhyamaka; Atiśa; Nāgārjuna; Candrakīrti; satyadvaya; Bka’-gdams-pa
AbstractAlthough Atiśa is famous for his journey to Tibet and his teaching there, his teachings of Madhyamaka are not extensively commented upon in the works of known and extant indigenous Tibetan scholars. Atiśa's Madhyamaka thought, if even discussed, is minimally acknowledged in recent modern scholarly overviews or sourcebooks on Indian Buddhist thought. The following annotated translation provides a late eleventh century Indo-Tibetan Madhyamaka teaching on the two realities (satyadvaya) attributed to Atiśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna (982-1054 C.E.) entitled A General Explanation of, and Framework for Understanding, the Two Realities (bden gnyis spyi bshad dang/bden gnyis 'jog tshul). The text furnishes an exposition of the Middle Way (madhyamaka) thought of Nāgārjuna based on an exegesis of conventional reality and ultimate reality within the framework of Mahāyāna path structures found in texts attributed to Maitreyanātha. The General Explanation fills an important gap in the historical knowledge of Madhyamaka teachings in eleventh century India and Tibet. The text presents a Madhyamaka teaching brought to Tibet by Atiśa and provides previously unknown evidence for the type of pure Madhyamaka teachings that circulated among the communities of early followers of Atiśa. These teachings were disseminated before the rise of the early Bka'-gdams-pa monastery of Gsang-phu ne'u-thog and its debating traditions that, particularly beginning in the twelfth century, placed emphasis on the merger of Madhyamaka and Epistemology (pramāṇa).
Table of contentsIntroduction 620
The Tibetan Manuscript of Atiśa’s General Explanation 621
The General Explanation’s Authorship and Date 623
Sources and Content of the General Explanation 628
Concluding Remarks 639
ISSN00221791 (P); 15730395 (E)
DOI10.1007/s10781-015-9275-6
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Created date2019.10.15
Modified date2023.10.11



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