Mittwoch, 03. Dezember 2014, 17:00 - 18:30 iCal
The Meditative Tradition (sgom lugs) ...
... of the Ratnagotravibh?ga. A Mah?mudr? Bridge between S?tra and Tantra.
Ein Vortrag von Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl (Tsadra Foundation, Seattle)
Seminarraum 1 des Instituts für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7, 1090 Wien
Vortrag
What Tibetans call “the exegetical tradition” (bshad lugs) of the Ratnagotravibh?ga is the source of many well-known commentaries, while its “meditative tradition” (sgom lugs) remains largely unexplored. Departing from the famous statement “The text for our Mah?mudr? is the Mah?y?nottaratantra??stra”, attributed to Sgam po pa, I present his Mah?mudr? approach in a non-tantric context and explore its several potential Indian predecessors, particularly Maitr?pa, his students Vajrap??i and Sahajavajra, and the Kashmiri intellectual circle around Sajjana and Parahita(bhadra). Tracing the transmissions of the Ratnagotravibh?ga from India to Tibet, I show the use of this text as a contemplative tool and basis for Mah?mudr? instructions in Sajjana’s Mah?y?nottaratantra??stropade?a, an early Tibetan commentary based on Parahita and Sajjana’s instructions, and several later works in the Bka’ gdams, Bka’ brgyud, and Jo nang traditions. In addition, this provides further support that the non-tantric Mah?mudr? approach originated in India and was not limited to the Tibetan Kagyü School.
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Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl studied Buddhist philosophy at Marpa Institute For Translators in Kathmandu (1988–1998) and Tibetology and Buddhology at Hamburg University (1988–1990, 2001–2005). Since 1999, he is a translator and teacher at Nitartha Institute and Nalandabodhi. Currently he works as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow in Seattle. Karl received the Tibetan degree of Bka’ rab ’byams pa and was appointed as a Khenpo in the Kagyü and Nyingma Schools (2009). He is the author of several books on Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.
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Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
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Judith Starecek
Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
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judith.starecek@univie.ac.at
Erstellt am Freitag, 21. November 2014, 13:44
Letzte Änderung am Freitag, 21. November 2014, 18:35