Second Volume of "Studies on the History and Culture of the Himalayas and Tibet" edited by Prof. Dr. Franz-Karl Ehrhard (Munich)
摘要
The mDo-chen bKa’-brgyud-pa school represents a little known Buddhist tradition from Mang-yul Gung-thang in south-western Tibet. It goes back to a Buddhist yogin known as Ma-bdun-pa or Ma-bdun ras-chen (12th/13th c.) and was later mainly spread by members of the Gur family. Although belonging to the “Upper ’Brug” (stod ’brug) branch of the ’Brug-pa bKa’-brgyud-pa school, the mDo-chen tradition has always been deeply infused with the “spoken teachings” (bka’ ma) and “treasure teachings” (gter ma) of the rNying-ma-pa school, and the cult of the “Seven Ma-mo Sisters” (ma mo mched bdun) was particularly practised and transmitted by its members. This book presents a critical edition, an annotated translation and a photographic reproduction of a manuscript copy of a rare chronicle of the Gur-rigs mDo-chen tradition written by Brag-dkar rta-so sPrul-sku Chos-kyi dbang-phyug (1775–1837). The text provides us with an overview of the tradition’s development mainly through biographical accounts but also through prophecies, prayers and praises for individual masters. The study concludes with two appendices based on the mDo chen bka’ brgyud gser ’phreng, a lineage history composed in the 15th century, and the “records of teachings received” (thob yig) of three important members of the Gur family, thus allowing us to gain an insight into the transmissions of the mDo-chen bKa’-brgyud-pa school and the interactions of its representatives with other important Buddhist teachers up to the 18th century. The present work is a further outcome of the author’s investigations into the cultural and religious traditions of south-western Tibet and the neighbouring Himalayan valleys.
目次
Contents Preface 9 Part One Introduction 13 The Ma-mo mched-bdun 15 The mDo-chen bKa’-brgyud-pa 24 The Gur Family 28 Part Two Edition of the dPal ldan gur rigs mdo chen brgyud pa’i lo rgyus nyungmm ngu’i ngag gi brjod pa padma rā ga’i phreng ba35 Translation 55 Appendices 97 Appendix I: The mDo chen bka’ brgyud gser ’phreng 99 Appendix II: The “Thob yig of the 17th Century” 102 Bibliography 121 Tibetan Texts 123 Western Literature 128 Index 133 Names of People, Families, Deities and Bodhisattvas 133 Geographical Names, Monasteries and Temples 138 General 140 Plates 143 Facsimile of the dPal ldan gur rigs mdo chen brgyud pa’i lo rgyusmmm nyung ngu’i ngag gi brjod pa padma rā ga’i phreng ba 145
