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IOL Tib J 754(b)
- Record Id:
- 040-003687995
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105827902.0x00000d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 754(b)
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003687995 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 754(b) : Tibetan manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0331]/040-003687995
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 6 folios/panels
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/B853C910FA204335A91D3276F582859C
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Chinese
Tibetan - Scripts:
- Han (Traditional)
Tibetan - Start Date:
- 0366
- End Date:
- 1000
- Date Range:
- 0366-1000
- Era:
- CE
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Stein Collection
International Dunhuang Project
IOL Tib J 754(b)
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
The documents of a Chinese Pilgrim, studied in Sam van Schaik and Imre Galambos, Manuscripts and Travellers (2012).
Language(s): Tibetan, Chinese
1.Title:Incipit: R6.1...la 'dI la[ng] ba da [a] ma grub pa...Location according to the India Office numbering system is pp.79-80. An incompletesādhanafocusing on the deitySpyan ras gzigs kyi dbang phyug(Avalokiteśvara). The part represented covers the generation of themaṇḍala. At its center sits oneself as redSpyan ras gzigswith his consort, the "white-robed goddess"Paṇdāravāsinī(Lha mo na bza' dkar mo). In each of the four cardinal and the four intermediate directions are the eight offering goddesses common inYoga tantra maṇḍalas. The four doors are guarded by the wrathful deities,Yamāntaka,Mahābala,Hayagrīva, andAmṛtakuṇḍalī. It is difficult to decide how this ritual would be classified according to later doxographical categories. It is perhaps relevant that the surrounding deities are generated from light-rays that emanate out of, "thebodhicittafrom the great bliss of the father and mother's nondual union" (yab yum gnyis su myed pa'i bde ba chen po'i byang cub kyi sems).
Explicit: R6.72/'tshams gcad/_/yI ge brgyaColophon:References
2.Title:Incipit: R7.1@//dkon mchog gsum phyag 'tshal lo//ki la ya kI las bya ba ni/Location according to India Office numbering system is pp.81-82. A shortsādhanafocussing on the deityVajrakīlaya(Rdo rje phur pa). A complete transcription and translation of the text, as well as some commentary, can be found in [Mayer_1994] . The ritual described bears some similarities to anotherVajrakīlaya sādhanafound in the Dunhuang collection, namely [BL] IOL Tib J 331/4.
Explicit: R7.37kyi bar nas 'phro zhing 'du ba la bya 'a'o//Colophon:References
3.Title:Incipit: R9.1@/:/rigs lnga'I sangs rgyas kyI gdan khrI /seng ge dang /glang po dang /A treatise on various topics relating to tantric ritual, focussing on an unidentifiedmaṇḍalawithVajrasattvaas the central deity. The topics covered include: an analysis of the name ofVajrasattva, three types ofmaṇḍalas, two kinds of tantric discipline, the good qualities, receiving the vows, the method for enteringsamādhi, four types of meditative union, and a yogin's compassion. In the discussion of the good qualities, the ideal is personified by the kingIndrabhūtiand his son,Śakraputi, and daughter,Gomadevi, all figures are known from various sources, including theŚriprajñāpāramitānayaśatapañcāśatakaṭīkā( [Q] 3471) byJñānamitra, which was the earliest source onIndrabhūtithat could be found byBu ston rin chen grubin his fourteenth century research on this figure (see [Karmay_1981] 198). The section on receiving the vows involves a ritual for the so-called "secret empowerment" (gsang dbang).
Explicit: R9.50/nang 'chibs par 'gyur ro //Colophon:References
4.Title:Incipit: R10.1//@/:/bdag phyag rgya chen po gang goms pa'IThe first two and a half lines of anothersādhana, starting out with cultivating themahāmudrāand then reciting somemantra.
Explicit: R10.3ling tog gI sngags/bya phug ron kyI grungColophon:References
Physical Description
job done on folio 74 onlyForm: scrollMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper_type: hemp/mulberyy mix
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 6 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 25 × 0 cm.Foliation:Layout
Columns:1
Hand(s)
History
Origin: 0366-1000DHMG.(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 bySam van Schaik 01/05/07
Modified bySam van Schaik 03/06/15
Availability
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Bibliography
[Mayer_1994] Mayer, Robert, and Cathy Cantwell. “A Dunhuang Manuscript on Vajrakīlaya [IOL MSS TIB J 754, 81–82].” 'Tibet Journal' 19, no. 1 (1994): 54–67[Karmay_1981] Karmay, Samten Gyaltsen. “King Tsa/Dza and Vajrayāna.” 'Mélanges Chinois et Bouddhiques' 20 (n.d.): 192–211