The Spread of Buddhism

350 sven bretfeld the “later spread” by Klu-mes himself.^19 Despite the importance of the story of the “six men” as a  xed poin ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 351 west of Central Tibet, bordering Nepal in the south and present-day Himachal Pradesh a ...

352 sven bretfeld all,^28 it is nevertheless quite possible that his efforts to invite Indian Bud- dhist masters and to send Tib ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 353 scriptures and commentaries that had not found their way into Tibet (or did not yet ex ...

354 sven bretfeld and structural aspects; for a detailed introduction to the history of tantric Buddhism, its symbolism and doct ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 355 Only a person “empowered” by the initiations and instructed face- to-face by a quali ...

356 sven bretfeld 3.4. Atia and the First Tibetan Buddhist School Next to Rin-chen-bzang-po the second great  gure of the “lat ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 357 Atia on the correct way tantras have to be meditated on and  nally had to surrender ...

358 sven bretfeld such a speculation may be justi ed at least in the case of Ye-shes-’od. However, if there is any credibility ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 359 veneration, precious offerings and performances of austerities, for the purpose of rec ...

360 sven bretfeld have been abandoned in favour of tantric lay-practice by the majority of bKa’-gdams-pas of his time; the “re-i ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 361 4.1. Sa-skya-pa The Sa-skya-pa school was founded by dKon-mchog rgyal-po (1034– 1102), ...

362 sven bretfeld doctrinal system by a series of great Sa-skya-pa scholars. Among them Kun-dga’ rgyal-mtshan (1182–1251) deserv ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 363 Mar-pa was dissatis ed with the teaching methods of this master. The Deb-ther sngon-p ...

364 sven bretfeld this is responsible for his name: Mi-la-ras-pa, “the man from Mi-la wearing a woollen cloth”. Mi-la-ras-pa is ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 365 teaching was controversial in intellectual discourse. Additionally, we will take a clo ...

366 sven bretfeld several other schools and especially became part of the ritual repertoire of the bKa’-brgyud-pa order; even th ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 367 that they had only survived on Tibetan soil, having been introduced by the early trans ...

368 sven bretfeld not be avoided. Some polemicists among “new tantra” adherents identify the “proto-rNying-ma-pas”, who are cred ...

the later spread of buddhism in tibet 369 tendency is mainly due to the 5th Dalai Lama’s special inclination towards this practi ...