By Helmut Eimer, David Germano (eds)
This research explores either the mainstream Tibetan canons of translated Buddhist classics (known because the Bka' 'gyur and Bstan 'gyur), and the choice canons of literature of the Nyingma sectarian traditions (known because the Rnying ma rgyud 'bum). the 1st part discusses the formation and transmission of Tibetan "canonical" texts, but in addition contains vital works of reference, resembling a Bka' gdams pa guide and several other exact catalogues. It additionally includes a document on Tibetan textual transmission in Mongolia. the second one part not just offers interpretative research of 1 of an important replacement canons in Tibet, the Rnying ma rgyud 'bum, but in addition discusses crucial problems with legitimacy, authority and lineage through the "grey" classes of the tenth to twelfth centuries which laid the root for the formation of all resulting Tibetan canons. the amount hence seeks to increase clean views at the nature, plurality and contents of canons in Tibetan Buddhism.
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These two transmissions I shall call the " legendary" one and the " local " one . The early-or legendary-transmission centres on two persons : Rngog Legs-pa'i shes-rab , a personal disciple of Atisa and founder of Gsang-phu Sne 'u-thog college, and Shes-rab rgyal-mtshan, a native . of western Tibet, who is said to have also studied with the Indian Inaster. Rather than go into the details of the extensive narrative of how the " kalya�amitra from Gsang-phu [Sne'u-thog]" (bshes gnyen gsang phu ba) received this special teaching , I simply note that Rngog Legs-pa' i shes-rab set down the latter teaching for the first time in the form of a "book" (glegs bam) .
Cf. D 822, 3782; Q 445 ; S 242, 762 . THE NEWARK KANJUR 'JIG RTEN GZHAG PA 27 fol . 255a6 I I rgya gar skad du I mang-ga-Ia-ga-the (sic) bod skad du bkra shis kyi tshigs su bcad pa fol . 256b6 bkra shis kyi tshigs su bcad pa rdzogs sho I I 14 . Svasti-gatha29 fol . 256b6 I I rgya gar skad du I sva-sta-gi-tha (sic) : bod skad du : bde legs gyi tshigs su bcad pa fol . 25 8a5/6 bde legs gyi tshigs su bcad pa rdzogs so I 1 5 . Ratnatrayasvasti-gatha30 fol . 258a6 I I rgya gar skad du I ra-na-tra-ya-sva-ste-ga-tha I I bod skad du I dkon mchog gsum gyi bde legs kyi tshigs su bcad pa fol .
The first two works are contained in vol. da, and the third one in vol. tsa of his writings. For the visit of the Fifth Dalai Bla ma to Rts[v]a Sgyer-mo at the age of 36 years and his vision of 'Brom-ston Rgyal-ba'i 'byung-gnas see KARMAy 1988: 34-35 . Cf. W. Tashigangpa 1972. (Smanrtsis Shesrig Spendzod. 5-25 . 1 . THIG-LE BCU-DRUG AND BKA ' GDAMS GLEGS BAM 47 teachings centring on the text Byang chub sems dpa ' nor bu 'i phreng ba from being nearly extinguished. The merit gained in preserving the " lineage of the [sevenfold] divine doctrine" (lha chos kyi brgyud) earned Chos-rj e Seng-ge rgyal-mtshan recognition for being a reincar nation of 'Brom-ston Rgyal-ba' i 'byung-gnas .
