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IOL Tib J 1372

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040-003652654

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IOL Tib J 1372

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Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title

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Oriental Manuscripts

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International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection

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IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.

IOL Tib J 1372 : Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title

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1 folio/panel

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Languages:

Tibetan

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Tibetan

Start Date:

0750

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1000

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0750-1000

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Names:

Sam van Schaik
Ulrich Pagel
Vimalamitra

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Stein Collection

International Dunhuang Project

IOL Tib J 1372

Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title

Language(s): Tibetan

Author:

Incipit: r, 1@//la//gal te dmyIgs pa'I 'tshul gyIs bsngos na nyes pa'I skyon du yang 'gyur te

Chan

Complete transcription of fragment:

"@//la//gal te dmyIgs pa'I 'tshul gyIs bsngos na nyes pa'I skyon du yang 'gyur te/sdud pa'i tshig su bcad pa'i mdolas//jI ltar dug dang 'dres pa 'kh...
de ltar rgyal bas gsungs//shes 'byung bas na//dmyIgs pa'i tshul gyis bsngos nI don myI che bar ma ngon no//yang kha cIg na re//dang po sems bskyed...
car bsgom du myI rung ngo zhe na//de la bshad pa'//shes rab gyI pha rol tu tu phyIn pa'I mdolas//dang po sems bskyed nas//rnam pa thams cad...
chen po'I mdolas kyang//don gcIg car go/go ma thag tu gcig car thams cad(add: 'a) byang ngo//dngos po can nI gcIg car zad pa ma yIn gyI/rIms gyIs...
rgyu rkyen rten 'brel bshad pa'/dang//rIm par 'jug pa bstan pa'/ /rmongs pa rnams la thabs gyIs gsungs//lhun gyIs grub pa'I chos 'dI la/rIm su sbyang ba cI zhIg yod//mtha'
yang khas blang myed/de tshe sems nI nam mkha' ste//sangs rgyas dang nI spyod yul gcig/ces 'byung//yang dag pa'I ye shes bsam gyIs myI khyab pa'i mdolas//kyang//se...
'tul ba de lta bur thos so zhes 'byung//lang kargshes [sic for /gshegs ]pa'I mdo las kyang//blo gros chen po 'dI lta ste//mye long gI nang du gzugs kyI gzugs su s...v.de bzhin du//blo gros chen po de bzhIn gshegs pa yang/sems can thams cad kyI rang gi sems snang ba'I rgyud rnam par myI rtog cIng//snang ba myed pa'I...
pas//dang po nas rnam par myI rtog pa bsgom tu rung bar mngon la//gal te phyI zhIg na myI rtog pa'i don thob par 'gyur ro bar sems na/le lor gyurd pa...
zhIg 'dI skad rI rab rI bshIg pa'I//rjes la byang cub mchog thob 'gyur zhes smra ba las//cI ste skyo ba'I blo skyed tshad kyang sems byed na'//de tse...
gsungs pas//dang po nas rnam par myI rtog pa bsgom ru myI rung ngo zhes 'chad nI//ban glang la brdeg pa'I dbyug pas bong bu la myI bzod pa'...
kha cIg na re//stong pa nyId kyI tIng nge 'dzin la gnas pas/sems can gyI don byed par myI nus so zhe na//'de la bshad pa'//shes rab gyI pha rol tu phyIn pa'I mdolas//...
nge 'dzIn gsum po la gnas shIng//sems can gang rnam par rtog pa'I 'du shes la spyod pa de dag nI/stong po nyId la rab tu bkod do//sems can gang mtshan ma [?]...
sems can gang smon pa la spyod pa'/de dag nI smon pa myed pa la sbyor ro//rab 'byor byang chub sems dpa' sems dpa' chen po shes rab gyI pha ro... "

Compare IOL Tib J 706 and 707. This is a page from the well-known Tibetan Chan work with a number of quotations from a variety of sutras:116/5126.3-132.3. The fragment expresses a strong preference for a non-conceptual and immediate (gcig car) approach to contemplation over a gradual (rim gyis) one, even for beginners on the path. All the passages cited from the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra and the Lankāvatāra Sūtra (775) are also found in. In addition, the damage to recto, line 4 obscures the fact that the next two lines are a quotation from theYe shes snang ba rgyan gyi mdo(Sarvabuddhaviṣayāvatārajñānālokālaṃkāra,768--passage not found). The latter quotation appears in61.5-62.1, as also in theCig car 'jug pa'i rnam par mi rtog pa'i bsgom don(5306: 12b.5-7) attributed toVimalamitra. The other two works--the Sdud pa'i tshig su bcad pa'i mdo (=Prajñāpāramitā-sañcaya-gāthā--compare735: 6a.8-6b.1) and theYang dag pa'i ye shes bsam gyis mi khyab pa'i mdo(Tathāgataguṇajñānācintyaviṣayāvatāranirdeśa,852--passage not found)--are not cited in STMG. Finally, the partially missing title (...chen po'I mdo) cited on recto, 4 can be reconstructed on the basis of the same quotation found in116/5128.2under the title,Gtsug tor chen po'i mdo(Śūraṅgama-sūtra). Faber suggests that this might be the apocryphal Chinese text,Da foding jing(945), but he is unable to locate the relevant passage. Nor is he able to find it in the two Tibetan canonical works with similar titles, i.e.902and903(see56).

An English translation of this fragment may be found in55-58. Further readings include:,.

Explicit:

References

[Lalou_1939] 116/5

[BL] IOL Tib J 706/1

[BL] IOL Tib J 707/1

Physical Description

Form: pothi

Material: paper

Support: manuscript, ink on paper

Paper Layers: 2?

Materials: manuscript, ink on paper

Extent: 1 folio/panel

Dimensions (leaf): 9.2 × 30 cm.

Foliation:

Layout

Columns:1

String holes: 1 central without circle

Margins and Guidelines: red/no

Columns per panel/lines per page: 7

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 0750-1000

DHMG.(Dunhuang Mogao) DHMG.17.

Provenance and Acquisition

Stein 1906-8

All data except for msContents were drawn from the legacy IDP 4D database

Record created byUlrich Pagel 01/01/96

Modified bySam van Schaik 01/03/16

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Bibliography

[Lalou_1939] Lalou, Marcelle. 'Inventaire Des Manuscrits Tibétains de Touen-Houang Conservés à La Bibliothèque Nationale (Fonds Pelliot Tibétain) [3 Vols].' Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1939

[STMG] Gnubs chen sangs rgyas ye shes. 'Bsam Gtan Mig Sgron (Rnal ‘byor Mig Gi Bsam Gtan).' Leh, Ladakh: S. W. Tashigangpa, 1974

[Faber_1985] Faber, Fleming. “A Tibetan Dunhuang Treatise on Simultaneous Enlightenment: The dMyigs su myed pa tshul gcig pa’i gzhung.” 'Acta Orientalia' 46 (1985): 47–77

[Ueyama_1983] Ueyama, D, K.W. Eastman, and Broughton. “The Avikalpapraveśa-dhāraṇī: The Dhāraṇī of Entering Non-Discrimination.” 'Bulletin of Institute of Buddhist Cultural Studies' 22 (1983): 32–42