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Research paper thumbnail of Editors as Canon-Makers: The Formation of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon in the Light of Its Editors' Predilections and Agendas

Evolution of Scriptures, Formation of Canons: The Buddhist Case. Indian and Tibetan Studies Series 13. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg., 2022

The sNar thang brgya rtsa has been transmitted, for example, in Tāranātha's Collected Works, with... more The sNar thang brgya rtsa has been transmitted, for example, in Tāranātha's Collected Works, within his Yi dam rgya mtsho'i sgrub thabs rin chen 'byung gnas (BDRC: W12422, vol. 2: 320-455). It has also been transmitted in a manuscript (BDRC: W4CZ307403) that contains in addition the Jātakamālā of Āryasūra and sixty-seven other jātakas supplemented by the Third Karma pa Rang byung rdo rje (1284-1339; BDRC: P66). There are several transmission lineages of reading transmissions and empowerments concerned with specific deities that are contained in the sNar thang brgya rtsa. The lineages commonly start from *Adhīśa and go down through mChims Nam mkha' grags and other sNar thang masters, including, for example, the aforementioned 23 Glo bo rdo rje theg pa'i bstan dkar (A, 272a3-5; B, 244.6-12). Note, however, that the MS version (7a1-5) reads differently: sGrub thabs 'khrul spong Shānti pas mdzad pa| […] Kyai rdo rje'i sgrub thabs 'khrul 'joms Rin chen 'byung gnas zhi bas mdzad pa| De ba ka ra tsandra dang Shākya 'od kyi 'gyur||. It is notable that there is no comment here regarding the duplicate and also the ascription of the translation of the latter version to Shākya 'od in collaboration with Devākaracandra.

Research paper thumbnail of The Translation Endeavours of Shes rab grags: An Investigation of Translations Done by Pu rang lo chung Shes rab grags and ’Bro lo tsā ba Shes rab grags

Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines 63, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi 2016 (ed) Tibetan Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions: The Written Word and Its Media within the Tibetan Cultural Sphere

rGyal ba yang dgon chos rje'i mgur 'bum. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Li... more rGyal ba yang dgon chos rje'i mgur 'bum. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-165a). Vol. 286/3 = bTsun pa Chos legs (1437-1521). Phyag rgya chen po'i khrid yig bzhugs || skal bzang gso ba'i bdud rtsi snying po bcud bsdus. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-81a). Vol. 361/3 = ʼBrom ston rGyal baʼi ʼbyung gnas (1004/5-1064). Zhus lan nor bu'i phreng ba lha chos bdun ldan gyi bla ma brgyud pa rnams kyi rnam thar. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 124a-246a). Vol. 361/4 = Legs paʼi shes rab (editor). Jo bo yab sras kyi gsung bgros pha chos rin po che'i gter mdzod | byang chub sems dpa'i nor bu'i phreng ba rtsa 'grel sogs. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 247a-365a). Vol. 363/1 = A.A.V.V., 'Brom ston pa rgyal ba'i 'byung gnas kyi skyes rabs bka' gdams bu chos le'u nyi shu pa. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-214a). Vol. 363/2 = A.A.V.V., bKa' rgya | khu chos gnyis | lung bstan | rdor glu | kha skong rnams. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 215a-343a). Vol. 586 = sDe snod ʼdzin pa Ngag dbang Chos kyi grags pa (1572-1641). 'Dul ba'i spyi don thub bstan rgyas pa'i nyin byed. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-180a). Vol. 587 = Shākya btsun pa Kun dga' chos bzang (1433-1503). ʼJam dbyangs zhal gyi pad dkar 'dzuṃ phye nas | lung rigs gter mdzod ze 'bru bzheng la | blo gsal rkang drug ldan rnaṃ 'phur lding rol | legs bshad sbrang rtsi'i dga' ston 'gyed pa. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-124a). Vol. 638/1 = Shākya dGe slong Kun dga' bzang po. dPal gsang ba 'dus pa'i dkyil 'khor bsgrub pa'i thams dngos grub rgya mtsho. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-16b). Vol. 657/3 = lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557). Tshe gcig la 'ja' lus brnyes pa rje ras chung pa'i rnam thar rags bsdus mgur rnam rgyas pa. Xylograph kept at the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-93a). Vol. 657/4 = rGod tshang ras chen (1482-1559). rJe btsun ras chung rdo rje grags pa'i rnam thar rnam mkhyen thar lam gsal bar ston pa'i me long ye shes kyi snang ba. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-243a). Vol. 657/5 = lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557). dPal ldan bla ma dam pa mkhas grub lha btsun chos kyi rgyal po'i rnam mgur blo 'das chos sku'i rang gdangs. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-54a). Vol. 657/6 = lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557). rNal 'byor dbang phyug lha btsun chos kyi rgyal po'i rnam thar gyi smad Tibetan Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions 94 cha. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-32a). Vol. 671/1 = 'Ba' ra ba rGyal mtshan dpal bzang (1310-1391). rJe btsun 'ba' ra pa [sic] rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po'i rnam thar mgur 'bum dang bcas pa. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-190b). Vol. 671/5 = 'Ba' ra ba rGyal mtshan dpal bzang (1310-1391). sKyes mchog 'ba' ra bas mdzad pa'i sgrub pa nyams su blang ba'i lag len dgos 'dod 'byung ba'i gter mdzod. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 223a-365a). Vol. 671/6 = 'Ba' ra ba rGyal mtshan dpal bzang (1310-1391). sKyes mchog gi zhus lan thugs kyi snying po zab mo'i gter mdzod. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 366a-397a). Vol. 706 = lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557), Grub thob gtsang pa smyon pa'i rnam thar dad pa'i spu long g.yo ba. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1-65a). Vol. 707 = Aśvaghoṣa. sTon pa sangs rgyas kyi skyes rabs brgyad bcu pa slob dpon dpa' bos mdzad pa bzhugs. Xylograph kept at the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-170a). Vol. 709/4 = Nam mkha' rgyal mtshan (1475-1530). Shākya'i dge slong nam mkha' rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po'i mgur 'bum. Xylograph kept at the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-46a).

Research paper thumbnail of Does a Buddha Possess Gnosis? Three Deliberations in 12th-13th Century Tibet

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi 2020 Authenticity and Authentication: Glimpses behind the Scenes of the Formation of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon

All that is well-expounded, O Maitreya, is Buddha-expounded. yat kiṃcin maitreya subhāṣitaṃ sarva... more All that is well-expounded, O Maitreya, is Buddha-expounded. yat kiṃcin maitreya subhāṣitaṃ sarvaṃ tad buddhabhāṣitam |

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi 2020 (ed) Birds as Ornithologists: Scholarship between Faith and Reason. Intra- and Inter-disciplinary Perspectives

has been to promote modern textual scholarship among traditional Tibetan Buddhist scholars. The a... more has been to promote modern textual scholarship among traditional Tibetan Buddhist scholars. The aim is to enable them to approach their own intellectual culture-including religion, philosophy, and history-from different angles, and in doing so to facilitate communication and collaboration between their tradition and modern academia. In order to achieve this goal the Khyentse Center committed itself to providing the necessary assistance for setting up research centres for Tibetan Buddhist textual scholarship at Tibetan Buddhist monastic institutions in South Asia and to conducting workshops for training Buddhist monk and nun scholars in pursuing a modern academic study of Tibetan Buddhist texts and ideas through an historical-philological approach.

Research paper thumbnail of The Old sNar thang Tibetan Buddhist Canon Revisited, with Special Reference to dBus pa blo gsal's bsTan 'gyur Catalogue

Research paper thumbnail of Akaniṣṭha as a Multivalent Buddhist Word-cum-Name

Archaeologies of the Written: Indian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies in Honour of Cristina Scherrer-Schaub, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of 02. SPIRITUAL MASTERS AND MASTER COPIES ON THE MOVE: ON A RECENTL Y DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT EDITION OF THE RNYING MA RGYUD 'BUM FROM EAST TIBET AND ITS ORIGIN

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi.2019. The Human behind the Divine. An Investigation into the Evolution of Scriptures with Special Reference to the Ancient Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism

Research paper thumbnail of “Prologue: Tibetan Textual Culture between Tradition and Modernity”

Research paper thumbnail of “Translation as Proofs and Polemics of Authentication: rNying ma versus gSar ma Translation Practices”

Research paper thumbnail of “The rNying ma rgyud ’bum at the National Archives Kathmandu: The History of Its Production and Transmission”

Research paper thumbnail of Tibetan Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions The Written Word and Its Media within the Tibetan Culture Sphere

Research paper thumbnail of “Tantric Scriptures in the rNying ma rgyud ’bum Believed to Have Been Transmitted to Tibet by Kashmiris: A Preliminary Survey”

Research paper thumbnail of The Spa sgar and Gdong dkar la Rnying ma rgyud ’bum Editions: Two Newly Discovered Sets from Bhutan

Research paper thumbnail of The Eighteen Mahāyoga Tantric Cycles: A Real Canon or the Mere Notion of One?

CSMC, University of Hamburg) 1

Research paper thumbnail of Recovering Lost Writing and Beyond: Multispectral Imaging for Text-related and Codicological Studies of Tibetan Paper and Sanskrit Palm-Leaf Manuscripts

Research paper thumbnail of Inks, Pigments, Paper: In Quest of Unveiling the History of the Production of a Tibetan Buddhist Manuscript Collection from the Tibetan-Nepalese Borderlands

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi Review Edition 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Editors as Canon-Makers: The Formation of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon in the Light of Its Editors' Predilections and Agendas

Evolution of Scriptures, Formation of Canons: The Buddhist Case. Indian and Tibetan Studies Series 13. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg., 2022

The sNar thang brgya rtsa has been transmitted, for example, in Tāranātha's Collected Works, with... more The sNar thang brgya rtsa has been transmitted, for example, in Tāranātha's Collected Works, within his Yi dam rgya mtsho'i sgrub thabs rin chen 'byung gnas (BDRC: W12422, vol. 2: 320-455). It has also been transmitted in a manuscript (BDRC: W4CZ307403) that contains in addition the Jātakamālā of Āryasūra and sixty-seven other jātakas supplemented by the Third Karma pa Rang byung rdo rje (1284-1339; BDRC: P66). There are several transmission lineages of reading transmissions and empowerments concerned with specific deities that are contained in the sNar thang brgya rtsa. The lineages commonly start from *Adhīśa and go down through mChims Nam mkha' grags and other sNar thang masters, including, for example, the aforementioned 23 Glo bo rdo rje theg pa'i bstan dkar (A, 272a3-5; B, 244.6-12). Note, however, that the MS version (7a1-5) reads differently: sGrub thabs 'khrul spong Shānti pas mdzad pa| […] Kyai rdo rje'i sgrub thabs 'khrul 'joms Rin chen 'byung gnas zhi bas mdzad pa| De ba ka ra tsandra dang Shākya 'od kyi 'gyur||. It is notable that there is no comment here regarding the duplicate and also the ascription of the translation of the latter version to Shākya 'od in collaboration with Devākaracandra.

Research paper thumbnail of The Translation Endeavours of Shes rab grags: An Investigation of Translations Done by Pu rang lo chung Shes rab grags and ’Bro lo tsā ba Shes rab grags

Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines 63, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi 2016 (ed) Tibetan Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions: The Written Word and Its Media within the Tibetan Cultural Sphere

rGyal ba yang dgon chos rje'i mgur 'bum. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Li... more rGyal ba yang dgon chos rje'i mgur 'bum. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-165a). Vol. 286/3 = bTsun pa Chos legs (1437-1521). Phyag rgya chen po'i khrid yig bzhugs || skal bzang gso ba'i bdud rtsi snying po bcud bsdus. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-81a). Vol. 361/3 = ʼBrom ston rGyal baʼi ʼbyung gnas (1004/5-1064). Zhus lan nor bu'i phreng ba lha chos bdun ldan gyi bla ma brgyud pa rnams kyi rnam thar. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 124a-246a). Vol. 361/4 = Legs paʼi shes rab (editor). Jo bo yab sras kyi gsung bgros pha chos rin po che'i gter mdzod | byang chub sems dpa'i nor bu'i phreng ba rtsa 'grel sogs. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 247a-365a). Vol. 363/1 = A.A.V.V., 'Brom ston pa rgyal ba'i 'byung gnas kyi skyes rabs bka' gdams bu chos le'u nyi shu pa. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-214a). Vol. 363/2 = A.A.V.V., bKa' rgya | khu chos gnyis | lung bstan | rdor glu | kha skong rnams. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 215a-343a). Vol. 586 = sDe snod ʼdzin pa Ngag dbang Chos kyi grags pa (1572-1641). 'Dul ba'i spyi don thub bstan rgyas pa'i nyin byed. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-180a). Vol. 587 = Shākya btsun pa Kun dga' chos bzang (1433-1503). ʼJam dbyangs zhal gyi pad dkar 'dzuṃ phye nas | lung rigs gter mdzod ze 'bru bzheng la | blo gsal rkang drug ldan rnaṃ 'phur lding rol | legs bshad sbrang rtsi'i dga' ston 'gyed pa. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-124a). Vol. 638/1 = Shākya dGe slong Kun dga' bzang po. dPal gsang ba 'dus pa'i dkyil 'khor bsgrub pa'i thams dngos grub rgya mtsho. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-16b). Vol. 657/3 = lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557). Tshe gcig la 'ja' lus brnyes pa rje ras chung pa'i rnam thar rags bsdus mgur rnam rgyas pa. Xylograph kept at the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-93a). Vol. 657/4 = rGod tshang ras chen (1482-1559). rJe btsun ras chung rdo rje grags pa'i rnam thar rnam mkhyen thar lam gsal bar ston pa'i me long ye shes kyi snang ba. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-243a). Vol. 657/5 = lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557). dPal ldan bla ma dam pa mkhas grub lha btsun chos kyi rgyal po'i rnam mgur blo 'das chos sku'i rang gdangs. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-54a). Vol. 657/6 = lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557). rNal 'byor dbang phyug lha btsun chos kyi rgyal po'i rnam thar gyi smad Tibetan Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions 94 cha. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-32a). Vol. 671/1 = 'Ba' ra ba rGyal mtshan dpal bzang (1310-1391). rJe btsun 'ba' ra pa [sic] rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po'i rnam thar mgur 'bum dang bcas pa. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-190b). Vol. 671/5 = 'Ba' ra ba rGyal mtshan dpal bzang (1310-1391). sKyes mchog 'ba' ra bas mdzad pa'i sgrub pa nyams su blang ba'i lag len dgos 'dod 'byung ba'i gter mdzod. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 223a-365a). Vol. 671/6 = 'Ba' ra ba rGyal mtshan dpal bzang (1310-1391). sKyes mchog gi zhus lan thugs kyi snying po zab mo'i gter mdzod. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 366a-397a). Vol. 706 = lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557), Grub thob gtsang pa smyon pa'i rnam thar dad pa'i spu long g.yo ba. Xylograph kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1-65a). Vol. 707 = Aśvaghoṣa. sTon pa sangs rgyas kyi skyes rabs brgyad bcu pa slob dpon dpa' bos mdzad pa bzhugs. Xylograph kept at the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-170a). Vol. 709/4 = Nam mkha' rgyal mtshan (1475-1530). Shākya'i dge slong nam mkha' rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po'i mgur 'bum. Xylograph kept at the Tucci Tibetan Collection, IsIAO Library, Rome (fols. 1a-46a).

Research paper thumbnail of Does a Buddha Possess Gnosis? Three Deliberations in 12th-13th Century Tibet

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi 2020 Authenticity and Authentication: Glimpses behind the Scenes of the Formation of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon

All that is well-expounded, O Maitreya, is Buddha-expounded. yat kiṃcin maitreya subhāṣitaṃ sarva... more All that is well-expounded, O Maitreya, is Buddha-expounded. yat kiṃcin maitreya subhāṣitaṃ sarvaṃ tad buddhabhāṣitam |

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi 2020 (ed) Birds as Ornithologists: Scholarship between Faith and Reason. Intra- and Inter-disciplinary Perspectives

has been to promote modern textual scholarship among traditional Tibetan Buddhist scholars. The a... more has been to promote modern textual scholarship among traditional Tibetan Buddhist scholars. The aim is to enable them to approach their own intellectual culture-including religion, philosophy, and history-from different angles, and in doing so to facilitate communication and collaboration between their tradition and modern academia. In order to achieve this goal the Khyentse Center committed itself to providing the necessary assistance for setting up research centres for Tibetan Buddhist textual scholarship at Tibetan Buddhist monastic institutions in South Asia and to conducting workshops for training Buddhist monk and nun scholars in pursuing a modern academic study of Tibetan Buddhist texts and ideas through an historical-philological approach.

Research paper thumbnail of The Old sNar thang Tibetan Buddhist Canon Revisited, with Special Reference to dBus pa blo gsal's bsTan 'gyur Catalogue

Research paper thumbnail of Akaniṣṭha as a Multivalent Buddhist Word-cum-Name

Archaeologies of the Written: Indian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies in Honour of Cristina Scherrer-Schaub, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of 02. SPIRITUAL MASTERS AND MASTER COPIES ON THE MOVE: ON A RECENTL Y DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT EDITION OF THE RNYING MA RGYUD 'BUM FROM EAST TIBET AND ITS ORIGIN

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi.2019. The Human behind the Divine. An Investigation into the Evolution of Scriptures with Special Reference to the Ancient Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism

Research paper thumbnail of “Prologue: Tibetan Textual Culture between Tradition and Modernity”

Research paper thumbnail of “Translation as Proofs and Polemics of Authentication: rNying ma versus gSar ma Translation Practices”

Research paper thumbnail of “The rNying ma rgyud ’bum at the National Archives Kathmandu: The History of Its Production and Transmission”

Research paper thumbnail of Tibetan Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions The Written Word and Its Media within the Tibetan Culture Sphere

Research paper thumbnail of “Tantric Scriptures in the rNying ma rgyud ’bum Believed to Have Been Transmitted to Tibet by Kashmiris: A Preliminary Survey”

Research paper thumbnail of The Spa sgar and Gdong dkar la Rnying ma rgyud ’bum Editions: Two Newly Discovered Sets from Bhutan

Research paper thumbnail of The Eighteen Mahāyoga Tantric Cycles: A Real Canon or the Mere Notion of One?

CSMC, University of Hamburg) 1

Research paper thumbnail of Recovering Lost Writing and Beyond: Multispectral Imaging for Text-related and Codicological Studies of Tibetan Paper and Sanskrit Palm-Leaf Manuscripts

Research paper thumbnail of Inks, Pigments, Paper: In Quest of Unveiling the History of the Production of a Tibetan Buddhist Manuscript Collection from the Tibetan-Nepalese Borderlands

Research paper thumbnail of Almogi Review Edition 2013