Saraha's spontaneous songs

• Verfasst von: Saraha [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mathes, Klaus-Dieter [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Szántó, Péter-Dániel [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Saraha's spontaneous songs
• Titelzusatz: with the commentaries by Advayavajra and Mokṣākaragupta
• Werktitel: Sa-ra-haʼi glu
• Verf.angabe: Klaus-Dieter Mathes and Péter-Dániel Szántó
• Ausgabe: First edition
• Verlagsort: New York
• Verlag: Wisdom Publications
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: x, 573 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-61429-728-4
• Schlagwörter: (t)Dohākośa / (s)Kommentar
• Schlagwörter: (p)Saraha
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Mathes, Klaus-Dieter: Saraha's Spontaneous Songs. - 1st ed.. - New York : Wisdom Publications, 2024. - 1 online resource (521 pages)
• RVK-Notation: BE 8151
• K10plus-PPN: 1848693826

Abstract

"Saraha's spontaneous songs, or dohas, contain the special instructions of a guru, whose qualities of realization can then directly enter the heart of devoted disciples. These songs represent the rare perfection of the Buddhist art of expressing the inexpressible, and they can trigger a mind-to-mind transmission that some take to have the power of directly pointing out the true nature of mind. Saraha's dohas are quoted fairly often in Indic materials, which points to the fact that he was indeed an influential authority. The dohas are the most distinctive literary expression of a class of tantric Buddhist masters called siddhas, hailed by tradition as beings of exceptional spiritual realization. Essentially, these are gnomic verses; composed not just in the doha meter proper using a kind of literary Middle Indic called Apabhramsa, they also purportedly convey a high degree of mystical insight and were transmitted in collections. The "text" (already a tricky term) of Saraha's Spontaneous Songs has not yet been available in full, nor has it been stabilized to any degree of satisfaction. The discovery of two hitherto-overlooked manuscripts has helped to fill in the gaps. In fact, the present volume is the first in over six decades to bring to light new original material"--