The Fruition in a Comparative Perspective
If 'all roads lead to Rome' (or did so in the days of the Roman Empire), all paths do not lead to enlightenment - at least not to the same enlightenment. This, in any case, is the conclusion we must derive from reading gNubs-chen Sangs-rgyas ye-shes’ doxographical work, the bSam-gtan mig-s...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Peeters Publishers
2017
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Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 40, Pages: 159-188 |
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Summary: | If 'all roads lead to Rome' (or did so in the days of the Roman Empire), all paths do not lead to enlightenment - at least not to the same enlightenment. This, in any case, is the conclusion we must derive from reading gNubs-chen Sangs-rgyas ye-shes’ doxographical work, the bSam-gtan mig-sgron (Tibet, 10th century). In it he presents four distinct ways to reach enlightenment that encompass both sūtra-based and tantra-based doctrinal formulations: the gradual approach of the classical Mahāyāna, the simultaneous approach of Chan, the method of alchemical transformation of Tantra and the path of self-liberation, rDzogs-chen. These four different paths lead to distinct forms of fruition (’bras-bu; Skt. phala). It is the latter that will be the focus of the present article. |
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ISSN: | 2507-0347 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International Association of Buddhist Studies, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/JIABS.40.0.3269007 |