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Effortless Spontaneity: The Dzogchen Commentaries by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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The notion of effortlessness is central to the self-understanding of the Tibetan contemplative tradition known as Dzogchen. This book explores this key notion from a variety of perspectives, highlighting the distinctive role it plays in the Dzogchen approach’s doctrinal architecture and meditative programme. The book’s focus is on the early development of the Dzogchen tradition, especially as codified in a set of hitherto unstudied commentaries by the 10th-century scholar and meditation master Nubchen Sangye Yeshe. A full annotated translation of the commentaries is provided, along with an edition of the Tibetan texts on facing pages.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-16
Mått155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt564 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBrill's Tibetan Studies Library
Antal sidor248
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004534223

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9789004534223AcknowledgementsConventions UsedSiglaIntroductionPart 1 An Essay in Approaching Effortlessness1 Evoking Effortlessness2 Effortlessness as a Trope of Demarcation3 Looking Back: A Precedent in Nyak Jñānakumāra4 An Internal Contradiction?5 Coalescence of the Transcendence-Immanence Relational Polarity6 Effortlessness as Path7 Inwardness and Spaciousness8 The Question of Method9 Effortlessness and Conduct10 Encounter and TransmissionConclusionPart 2 The TextsIntroductory Remarks1 A Note on the Editions of the Orally Transmitted Injunctions of the Nyingma2 Overview of the Root Texts in Their Various Versions3 Categories of Variants1 rJe btsan dam pa’i ’grel pa / Commentary on the Holy Revered One (JDG)2 Byang chub sems bde ba ’phra bkod kyi don ’grel / Meaning Commentary on the Inlaid Jewel of Bliss, the Enlightened Mind (DPG)3 rDo rje gzong phugs kyi ’grel pa / Commentary on the Adamantine Piercing Awl (DZG)4 rTse mo byung rgyal ’grel pa / Commentary on the Victorious Peak (TBG)BibliographyIndex

"...Effortless Spontaneity, is a fascinating composite work divided into two main parts centred around exegetical treatises authored by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe (gNubs chen Sangs rgyas ye shes, 844-?), an important Nyingma lineage holder who somehow stands as a link between the tradition connected to the dynastic period and the nascent Nyingmapa school starting to emerge as a more or less coherent system around the early 10th century. Esler’s contribution to Dzogchen studies therefore appears as a much welcome addition to our growing understanding of the “early days of the Great Perfection” itself." - Jean-Luc Achard Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines [En ligne], 55 | 2024. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/emscat/6613