Thupten Jinpa is a former monk and holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.
摘要
In this groundbreaking addition to the Lives of the Masters series, Thupten Jinpa, a scholar-practitioner and long-time translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, offers the most comprehensive portrait available of Jé Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), one of the greatest Buddhist teachers in history. A devout monastic, Tsongkhapa took on the difficult task of locating and studying all of the Indian Buddhist classics available in Tibet in his day. He went on to synthesize this knowledge into a holistic approach to the path of awakening. In an achievement of incredible magnitude, he integrated the pivotal yet disparate Mahayana teachings on emptiness while retaining the important role of critical reason and avoiding the extreme of negating the reality of the everyday world.
Included in this volume is a discussion of Tsongkhapa’s early life and training; his emergence as a precociously intelligent Buddhist mind; the composition of his Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Great Exposition of Tantra, and many other important works; and his founding of the Lhasa Prayer Festival and Ganden Monastery. This is a necessary resource for anyone interested in Tsongkhapa’s transformative effect on the understanding and practice of Buddhism in Tibet in his time and his continued influence today.
目次
Series Introduction vii Foreword ix Preface xiii Acknowledgements xvii Introduction 1 Birth and early years 19 Education in central Tibet 31 Coming of age 59 Queries from a sincere heart 87 The mystery of Guru Mañjuśri 103 Intensive retreat in the Wölkha Valley 117 The Lhodrak mystic 137 The Breackthrough 157 The two great syntheses 187 Hermeneutics and philosophical analysis 215 The Lhasa prayer festival and the founding of Ganden Monastery 237 Yogi of glorious Guhyasamāja 237 Yogi of Cakrasaṃvara tantra 285 nirvāṇa 313 Canonization and the master's legacy 329 Epilogue 365 Appendix 373 Chronology 381 Notes 393 Bibliography 467 Index 493
