Running the Numbers for the Path of Mantra: Distinguishing the Thirteenth Bhūmi in Fifteenth-Century Tibet
This article explores a Buddhist text in which numbers set the very stakes for liberation. In 1404, Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po (1382-1456), who was to become one of the most esteemed tantric commentators of the Tibetan Sakya tradition, composed his first polemical text, Dispelling Evil Misunderstan...
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Language: | English |
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[2021]
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Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 3 |
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Tibetan Buddhism
B Ngor chen B zung ‘jug B Tantra B Buddhist polemics B Guhyasamāja B Red mda’ ba B bhūmis B Sakya B Vajradhara |
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