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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Main Author: Dachille, Rae (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B 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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