A Noble Noose of Methods, the Lotus Garland Synopsis

Cantwell, Cathy [u.a.]:
A Noble Noose of Methods, the Lotus Garland Synopsis : a Mahāyoga Tantra and its Commentary / Cathy Cantwell, Robert Mayer. - Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2012. - XII, 375 S. + 1 CD-ROM. - (Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; 73) (Denkschriften / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse ; 449)
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Beschreibung
The inspiration for this volume is one of the most celebrated documents retrieved from the ancient cave library in Dunhuang: a tantric commentary in 85 folios together with its root text and prolific marginal annotations not found elsewhere, that provides our most reliable and comprehensive window into the ritual and doctrinal world of the early Nyingmapa. Among much else, it offers an unparalleled early representation of Padmasambhava, a detailed presentation of fundamental Nyingma tantric views later endorsed by Rongzom and Longchenpa, and citations attributed to numerous other Nyingma tantras.
   A good half of the book is devoted to editorial efforts, including a discussion of how they can be applied to Tibetan literature. The Dunhuang manuscript itself is shown to be defective in several respects, including accidental loss of chapters, while centuries of scribal mishaps have deprived the commentary as traditionally transmitted of a third of its contents. Even the root text has become distorted in most popular canonical editions. By collating all twenty-one extant witnesses drawn from Dunhuang, the Tenjurs, Kanjurs both mainstream and local, and the various Ancient Tantra Collections, stemmatic analysis establishes their sometimes unexpected historical relationships. Armed with that understanding, an accurate reconstruction of the contours of both texts becomes possible for the first time in many centuries, and numerous earlier readings of the root text can be recovered. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Acknowledgments. vii
Note on Transliteration of Tibetan. ix
Abbreviations and List of Sigla used in the Editions. xi
INTRODUCTION
   Introducing the Textual Sources, and their Significance. 1
   A Summary of the Salient Points of our work on the Thabs zhags Textual Tradition. 10
   Methodological Issues in the Study of the Thabs zhags Textual Transmissions. 13
TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
   a) The Editions of the Root Text and Commentary. 26
   b) Features of the Dunhuang Manuscript. 32
   c) Examination and Assessment of the Differing Boundaries of TZ in Different Editions. 35
   d) The Stemma of the Root Text. 43
   e) A Summary of The Commentary on A Noble Noose of Methods, the Lotus Garland Synopsis. 68
   f) The "Citations" or Attributions of the Teachings in the Thabs zhags Commentary to other Tantras. 84
PADMASAMBHAVA, THE THABS ZHAGS AND ITS COMMENTARY
   Padmasambhava's Pith Instructions on the Garland of Views. 87
   The Evidence from the Commentary and its Dunhuang witness. 91
INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITIONS OF THE 'PHAGS PA THABS KYI ZHAGS PA PAD MA 'PHRENG GI DON BSDUS PA AND ITS COMMENTARY. 99
   The Presentation of the Critical Edition of TZ. 100
   The Presentation of the Edition of TZComm. 101
CRITICAL EDITION OF THE ROOT TEXT (TZ), THE 'PHAGS PA THABS KYI ZHAGS PA PAD MA 'PHRENG GI DON BSDUS PA. 103
EDITION OF THE COMMENTARY (TZCOMM), THE 'PHAGS PA THABS KYI ZHAGS PA PAD MA 'PHRENG GI DON BSDUS PA'I 'GREL PA. 229
APPENDIX
   The Deities of the Peaceful Maṇḍala in the Thabs zhags tradition. 349
   The Deities of the Wrathful Maṇḍala in the Thabs zhags tradition. 358
Bibliography. 363
Index. 372
CD Images of the Dunhuang Manuscript IOL Tib J 321 from the Stein Collection in London

Autoren
CATHY CANTWELL is an Academic Researcher at Oxford University's Oriental Institute. Profile page.
ROBERT MAYER is a Research Officer at the Oriental Institute at Oxford University. Profile page.

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