Early teachings on the Four Phurpas in the light of the Eightfold Buddha Word, Embodying the Sugatas (bka’ brgyad bde gshegs ’dus pa) revelation of Myang ral Nyi ma ’od zer (1124-1192), and the relationship between the Revelatory (gter ma) and Transmitted (bka’ ma) Textual Traditions
Myang ral's twelfth century revealed corpus of the Eightfold Buddha Word, Embodying the Sugatas (bka' brgyad bde gshegs 'dus pa) became a template for Rnying ma practice focusing on the tradition's eight central tantric deities. In a previous article (2020a), I have suggested th...
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Center for Tibetan Studies of Sichuan University, Chengdu
2022
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