2015/01/01 by Jean-Luc Achard · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Art #Canon #Chinese history and philosophy #Indian and Buddhist Studies #Literature #Political science #Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.4000/lettre-cdf.2225
published in La lettre du Collège de France 9, 108-109
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Like the Tibetan Buddhist Canon, the Bonpo Canon is comprised of two complementary collections: the Kangyur (bka’ ‘gyur), which contains teachings attributed to the Buddha Tonpa Shenrab (sTon pa gshen rab); and the Tengyur (brTen ‘gyur) which, in theory, contains commentaries on these teachings, as well as whole cycles of additional instructions, biographies, rituals, etc. This double Canon long remained an elusive object of modern Tibetology. The Kangyur of Welkhyung Gompa shortly after its...