简介:<正>TheexpressionRnyingMa-pameans"ancient"or"old".TheRnyingMa-pasectmaintainedthatitisancientbecausePad-mavbyung-gnasestablisheditsdoctrinesinthe8thcentury,aboutthreehundredyearsearlierthantheoriginofTibetanBuddhism’sothersects.Withregardto"old",theRnyingMa-pasectclaimedtofocusontheteachingsofOldTantricMysticism,basicallythosetranslatedduringtheTuboperiod.ThedivisionofTibetanBuddhismintovarioussectsdifferedfromthatofHinayanaandMahayanainIndianBuddhism.TheseparationofHinayanaintoeighteenschoolswas
简介:<正>Sinceitsfoundinginthe11thcentury,theSa-skya-pahasbeenpartofTibetanBuddhism.Inthe13thand14thcenturies,thissectdevelopedintoadominantpoliticalpower.ItsleaderwasevenappointedtoanofficeinthecentralgovernmentthatwasresponsibleforadministratingBuddhistaffairsinallofChina.Historically,thisleaderplayedaroleinTibet’ssurrendertoMongoliaduringtheYuanDynastyinthemiddleofthe13thcentury.
简介:<正>Sincetheeighties,thestudyofMahakalainmainlandChina,fromliterarytextsonMahakalatotheprominentmanuscriptsofKhara-Khoto(黑水城),canbedividedintosixcategories,namelythespreadofMahakala,thestudyofMahakalainSouthZhaoDali(南诏大理),thestudyoftheMahakalamanuscriptsinTangut(西夏),thehistoryandportraitsofMahakalafromtheYuandynasty,thestudyofMahakalafromtheQingdynastyandthestudyofMahakalaliterature.
简介:<正>1IntroductionAsiswellknown,Prajnapradipa(PP),whichwaswrittenbyBhaviveka(ca.490/500-570CE),isoneofthemostfamousandimportantcommentariesonMulamadbyamakakarika(MMK),whichwaswrittenbyNagarjuna(ca.150-250CE).WhenwestudyPP,wemustusetwotranslationsofit,namely,theTibetantranslation,Sbesrabsgronma,(hereafter,PP_tib)andtheChinesetranslation,Banruodenglun(《般若灯论》),(hereafter,PP_chin).PP’soriginalSanskrittextwaslostandisyettobe
简介:<正>Threenewfragmentshavebeenfound,whichareofSaddharmapundarikasutra,AryamahadandanamadharaniandPratityasamutpadadivibhahganirdesasutra.ThesemanuscriptsarekeptinArthurM.SacklerMuseumofArtandArcheologyatPekingUniversity,andtheirscriptisUprightGupta.Inthefollowingsection,IwillofferthetransliterationofthefragmentsaswellasthecorrespondingTibetanandChineseversions.
简介:<正>AcknowledgementsareduetotheNordicInstituteofAsianStudies(NIAS)inCopenhagen,Denmark,forallowingmetoworkthereasaguestresearcherinTibetanStudiesfrom7Aug,2007till30Jul,2oo8aswellasfrom19Octtill29Nov,2010.ThanksgoestoAssistantProfessorTrineBrox,AssociateProfessorRobertBarnett,andguestprofessorAndreasGruschkeforgivingmelotsofcommentsandsuggestionsonthispaper.
简介:<正>TheAbbidbarmadipavrtti(orAbbidbarmadipavibbasaprabbavrtti)isonlypreservedinSanskrit;noChineseorTibetantranslationisavailable.ItseditioprincepswaspreparedandpublishedbyP.S.Jainiin1959basedonamanuscriptoncepreservedatZhwaluRiphugMonasteryintheTibetAutonomousRegion(TAR).ThemanuscriptiswritteninSaradascript(orGilgit/BamiyanTypeⅡ),andis22x21/8inches(i.e.,about55x5cm)insize.Onemightexpectbirchbarkasthematerialofthemanuscriptbecauseofthescript,butitiswrittenonpalm-leaf.
简介:<正>TheKharosthidocumentsinNationalLibraryofChina,NO.BH5-4,5,arebothrectangularwoodentablets.Althoughtheyhavewithstoodmorethanathousandyears,thesealingluteandropesonthemwerestillintact.1.Correspondencebetweentwocozbos(BH5-5)ThecovertabletofthedocumentNO.BH5-5measures7.2×9.3×1.6cm,whiletheundertabletmeasures7.3×15×0.7cm.Ontheundertablet,8linesofKharosthicharactersare