Tibetan Interpretations of Authenticity: The four means of authentication (tshad ma bzhi) belonging to the mantra vehicle in the Sa skya and ’Bri gung traditions

Jan-Ulrich Sobisch

Tibetan Interpretations of Authenticity: The four means of authentication (tshad ma bzhi) belonging to the mantra vehicle in the Sa skya and ’Bri gung traditions

Jan-Ulrich Sobisch

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Abstract

The four means of authentication are arguments for the authentication of Buddhist teachings in a Tibetan tradition. Different traditions emphasize different means of authentication. These reveal interesting facts about the self-image of these traditions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Illuminating Mirror : Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday
Editors	Czaja Olaf, Hazod Guntram
Number of pages	24
Place of Publication	Wiesbaden
Publisher	Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
Publication date	2015
Pages	461-484
ISBN (Print)	978-3-95490-137-1
Publication status	Published - 2015

Series	Contributions to Tibetan Studies
Volume	12

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities
Tibetan Buddhism
authentication
Sakyapa
Drikung Kagyü

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Sobisch, J-U. (2015). Tibetan Interpretations of Authenticity: The four means of authentication (tshad ma bzhi) belonging to the mantra vehicle in the Sa skya and ’Bri gung traditions. In C. Olaf, & H. Guntram (Eds.), The Illuminating Mirror: Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday (pp. 461-484). Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. Contributions to Tibetan Studies Vol. 12

Tibetan Interpretations of Authenticity : The four means of authentication (tshad ma bzhi) belonging to the mantra vehicle in the Sa skya and ’Bri gung traditions. / Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich.

The Illuminating Mirror: Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. ed. / Czaja Olaf; Hazod Guntram. Wiesbaden : Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2015. p. 461-484 (Contributions to Tibetan Studies, Vol. 12).

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Sobisch, J-U 2015, Tibetan Interpretations of Authenticity: The four means of authentication (tshad ma bzhi) belonging to the mantra vehicle in the Sa skya and ’Bri gung traditions. in C Olaf & H Guntram (eds), The Illuminating Mirror: Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, Contributions to Tibetan Studies, vol. 12, pp. 461-484.

Sobisch J-U. Tibetan Interpretations of Authenticity: The four means of authentication (tshad ma bzhi) belonging to the mantra vehicle in the Sa skya and ’Bri gung traditions. In Olaf C, Guntram H, editors, The Illuminating Mirror: Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. 2015. p. 461-484. (Contributions to Tibetan Studies, Vol. 12).

Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich. / Tibetan Interpretations of Authenticity : The four means of authentication (tshad ma bzhi) belonging to the mantra vehicle in the Sa skya and ’Bri gung traditions. The Illuminating Mirror: Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. editor / Czaja Olaf ; Hazod Guntram. Wiesbaden : Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2015. pp. 461-484 (Contributions to Tibetan Studies, Vol. 12).

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