Tracing the Life of a Buddhist Literary Apologia: Steps in Preparation for the Study and Translation of Sokdokpa’s <i>Thunder of Definitive Meaning</i>

This article discusses Buddhist apologetics in Tibet by examining the formation, revision, and reception of the most renowned literary apologia ever written in defense of the Old School of Tibetan Buddhism: Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen’s early 17th-century magnum opus the <i>Thunder of Definitive M...

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Autor principal:	James Duncan Gentry
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Buddhist literature and apologetics Buddhist literature and authorship Buddhist literature and intellectual history Buddhist literature and reception Tibetan literature old School of Tibetan Buddhism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e261c454b2d443c183faf489654737c92021-11-25T18:52:38ZTracing the Life of a Buddhist Literary Apologia: Steps in Preparation for the Study and Translation of Sokdokpa’s <i>Thunder of Definitive Meaning</i>10.3390/rel121109332077-1444https://doaj.org/article/e261c454b2d443c183faf489654737c92021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/933https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444This article discusses Buddhist apologetics in Tibet by examining the formation, revision, and reception of the most renowned literary apologia ever written in defense of the Old School of Tibetan Buddhism: Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen’s early 17th-century magnum opus the <i>Thunder of Definitive Meaning</i>. It reconstructs in broad strokes the history of the <i>Thunder</i>’s reception from the early 17th century to the present and relates this to details in different versions of the <i>Thunder</i> and its addendum to shed light on the process by which this work was composed and edited. By considering this work’s peculiar context of production and history of reception alongside passages it presents revealing how it was conceived and revised, this analysis aims to prepare the ground for its study and translation. In so doing, this discussion attempts to show how a broadly historical approach can work in tandem with a fine-grained philological approach to yield fresh insights into the production and reception of Buddhist literary works that have important ramifications for their understanding and translation.James Duncan GentryMDPI AGarticleBuddhist literature and apologeticsBuddhist literature and authorshipBuddhist literature and intellectual historyBuddhist literature and receptionTibetan literatureold School of Tibetan BuddhismReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 933, p 933 (2021)
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description	This article discusses Buddhist apologetics in Tibet by examining the formation, revision, and reception of the most renowned literary apologia ever written in defense of the Old School of Tibetan Buddhism: Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen’s early 17th-century magnum opus the <i>Thunder of Definitive Meaning</i>. It reconstructs in broad strokes the history of the <i>Thunder</i>’s reception from the early 17th century to the present and relates this to details in different versions of the <i>Thunder</i> and its addendum to shed light on the process by which this work was composed and edited. By considering this work’s peculiar context of production and history of reception alongside passages it presents revealing how it was conceived and revised, this analysis aims to prepare the ground for its study and translation. In so doing, this discussion attempts to show how a broadly historical approach can work in tandem with a fine-grained philological approach to yield fresh insights into the production and reception of Buddhist literary works that have important ramifications for their understanding and translation.
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title	Tracing the Life of a Buddhist Literary Apologia: Steps in Preparation for the Study and Translation of Sokdokpa’s <i>Thunder of Definitive Meaning</i>
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Tracing the Life of a Buddhist Literary Apologia: Steps in Preparation for the Study and Translation of Sokdokpa’s <i>Thunder of Definitive Meaning</i>

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