Steven D. Goodman is Professor of Tibetan Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union. Ronald M. Davidson is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Program in Asian Studies at Fairfield University.
摘要
This volume consists of eight studies, each one bringing to light new material of use to comparative religionists and historians of religion, as well as to students of Tibetan Buddhism. These studies are based on critical scrutiny of indigenous sources and, in many cases, the learned opinion of native Tibetan scholars. The studies are organized around two dominant themes in Tibetan religious life -- the quest for clarity and insight via visionary exploration and philosophical exploration.
目次
Editor's Preface ix Introduction 1 Part One: Philosophical Explorations 1- Some Aspect of rDzogs-chen Thought, by Herbert V. Guenther 13 2- What is Buddhist Logic?: Some Tibetan Developments of Pramana Theory, by Kennard Lipman 25 3- A Dialogue on Death: Tibetan Commentators on the First Chapter of Aryadeva's Catuhsataka, by Karen Lang 45 Part Two: Visionary Explorations 4- A Ch'an Text from Tun-huang: Implications for Ch'an Influence on Tibetan Buddhism, by Kenneth K. Tanaka and Raymond E. Robertson 57 5- Remarks on the Mani bKa'-'bum, and the Cult of Avalokitesvara in Tibet, by Matthew Kapstein 79 6- Genre, Authorship and Transmission in Visionary Buddhism: The Literary Traditions of Thang-stong rGyal-po, by Janet Gyatso 95 7- Preliminary Studies on Hevajra's Abhisamaya and the Lam-'bras Tshogs-bshad, by Ronald M. Davidson 107 8- Rig-'dzin 'Jigs-med gling-pa and the kLong-Chen sNying-Thig, by Steven D. Goodman 133 Notes 147 Contributors 209 Index of Personal Names 211
