The Curricula of Tibetan Buddhist Commentarial Schools ("bshad grwa"): Traditional Models and Some Recent Adaptations

This article examines commentarial schools (bshad grwa) within the non-Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, especially their normative curriculum of "thirteen great texts" promoted - though not necessarily first conceived - by Khenpo Zhenpen Nangwa (1871-1927). Focused on Indian śāstra, t...

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Main Author: Pearcey, Adam (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2015]
In: Contemporary buddhism
Year: 2015, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 451-461
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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