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The Ārya-śālistambasya-ṭīkā: Kamalaśīla's commentary on the Śālistamba-sūtra
This is a study of a commentary on a Mahayana sūtra by Kamalaśīla (8th cent.) and preserved in the Tengyur (bstan ’gyur) of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon. The author has made ...
On the Tibetan Historiography and Doxography of the 'Great Debate of bSam yas'
This article presents some of the problems involved in trying to piece together the actual events and setting of the debate that is reported to have taken place between disciples of the Indian Buddhis...
Mahāvairocanasūtra in the Studies of Tsong kha pa's sNgags rim chen mo
This paper looks at the influence that the Mahāvairocanasūtra had in Tsong Khapa’s (tsong kha pa) writing of the Sngags rim chen mo, and on other Tibetans’ st...
Śa cu: «Qu’y-a-t-il au programme de la classe de philologie bouddhique?»
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The Life and Work of Ye shes Don grub (1897-1980)
This summary of Yeshé Döndrup’s (ye shes don grub) life up to age 39 is based on his autobiography. Born in Stog, Ladakh, Yeshé Döndrup became a monk and studied and...
The study of the Abhidharmakośa in Tibet as seen through the mChims mdzod
This paper is a study of the thirteenth century Tibetan textbook on Abhidharma (mngon pa), the Mchims mdzod by Chim Jampeyang (mchims ’jam pa’i dbyang, 1210-1289?) of Nartang (sna...
Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge's Theory of 'gal ba
Although none of Chapa Chökyi Senggé’s (phya pa chos kyi sengge, 1109-1169) works are known to have survived, this article attempts to piece together his theory on contraries (&#x...
Early Tibetan Ideas on the Ascertainment of Validity (nges byed kyi tshad ma)
This article looks at how Tibetans creatively elaborated upon the epistemological traditions which they inherited from Indian Buddhist philosophy. In particular, it demonstrates the early development ...
A Comparative Study of Esoteric Buddhist Manuscripts and Icons Discovered at Dun-huang
This paper examines the relationship of esoteric texts and paintings discovered at Dunhuang in northwest China to the various Buddhist sects and traditions that existed before the later transmission (...
Pāramārthika-pramāṇa in Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇa-viniścaya and in Gtsang-nag-pa's Tshad-ma rnam-par nges-pa'i ṭi-ka legs-bshad bsdus-pa
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