Gampopa's Mahamudra : view, meditation, conduct
- Author/Creator:
- Bhuchung, Tenzin, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Gampopa's Mahamudra : view, meditation, conduct / Tenzin Bhuchung
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- McClintock, Sara L., degree supervisor
Dunne, John D., degree supervisor
Emory University. Graduate Division of Religion, degree granting institution
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- Genre:
- Electronic dissertations
Academic theses - Subjects:
- Sgam-po-pa,1079-1153
Mahāmudrā (Tantric rite)
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- Despite a plethora of meditative traditions and techniques, contemporary practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism are nearly unanimous that the pinnacle of meditative practice can be found in the profound yet simple instructions of the Mahamudra (literally, "Great Seal") lineage. Although this lineage is brought to Tibet by his lineage masters, Gampopa (1079-1153), a twelfth-century Tibetan scholar and adept, departed from the tradition of his teachers by transmitting the Mahamudra teachings publicly, and outside the tantric context, to such an extent that it became the most important defining feature of his Dhakpo Kagyu tradition. This dissertation is the first book-length work on Gampopa's Mahamudra, presenting it through the traditional rubric of view (lta ba), meditation (sgom pa) and conduct (spyod pa). The first chapter explores main features of Gampopa's Non-Tantric Mahamudra and contextualizes it within the greater Indo-Tibetan Tantra and Sutra traditions. The second chapter expounds on Gampopa's Mahamudra view. It demonstrates that establishing the nonduality of the innate mind and its phenomenal appearances constitutes an important feature of realizing the ultimate view of Mahamudra. It also argues that Gampopa's Mahamudra view amounts to a synthesis of the Yogacara and the Madhyamaka view on the ultimate. The third chapter explores Gampopa's Mahamudra meditation referred to as the yoga of coemergence (lhan cig skyes sbyor) that offers techniques to help sustain the ultimate nature of the mind nonconceptually in meditation.Gampopa's nonconceptual approach to philosophical view and meditation raises the question of the role of ethical practices, such as compassion, that are conceptual in nature. This issue emerges as a raging debate between "sudden" (cig car ba) and "gradual" (rim gyis pa) approaches in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. The fourth chapter therefore delves into the conduct or ethical foundations that Gampopa deems necessary for Mahamudra practice and its realization.The fifth, concluding, chapter offers a short consideration of Gampopa's Non-Tantric Mahamudra view and meditation as well as their foundational ethical conduct, ending with a brief discussion on their potential contribution to future research in religious studies and phenomenology.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 electronic resource (265 pages)
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- This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.
This item must not be sold to any third party vendors. - General Note:
- Source of abstract: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-05, Section: A.
Advisors: McClintock, Sara; Dunne, John ; Committee members: Patterson, Bobbi; Gough, Ellen.
Keywords: Mahamudra; Tibetan Buddhism; Meditation; Dhakpo Kagyu - Local Note:
- ProQuest digital dissertation copies of Emory dissertations may be downloaded free of charge by Emory faculty, students, and staff unless the author has chosen to embargo the work.
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- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937407792102486
- ISBN:
- 9798492738419
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