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DOI	10.28995/2073-0101-2023-4-971-982
	Primary Sources of the Teaching about the Stages of the Path in the Indo-Tibetan Mahayana
	Urbanaeva, Irina S.; Loschenkov, Alexey, V
发表日期	2023
ISSN	2073-0101
起始页码	971
结束页码	982
期号	4
英文摘要	The Mahayana concept of gradual Dharma teaching, learning and staged realization of the Path of Enlightenment in Tibet was developed by Tsongkhapa and others as a practical guide to the stages of the Path (Lamrim). However, Lamrim is not a Tibetan teaching and expresses a more general concept of gradualness, which has an Indo-Buddhist origin. The article is to present the system of Indian primary sources of this concept. The novelty of the approach is due to the fact that the authors consider the internal position in the systematization and classification of the teachings of the Buddha, presented by the Madhyamikas, especially the reformer of Tibetan Buddhism, Je Tsongkhapa, to be a very significant factor in the reconstruction of the Mahayana concept of gradualness. The authors come to conclusions also containing novelty. First, the concept of the Three Turns of the Wheel of the Teaching formulated in the Samdhinirmochana Sutra is the first hermeneutical scheme for ordering and classifying the many teachings of the Buddha. It was based on the principle of gradual assimilation of the ontology of emptiness by students. Within this gradualism conceptualization scheme, based on the philosophical (ontological) criteria for classifying the teachings of the Buddha, the Prajnaparamita Sutras are the root source of the concept of gradualness. Secondly, the Mahayana concept of gradualness has both explicit and implicit aspects. The explicit aspect is represented by those Prajnaparamita Sutras, in which the main subject is the doctrine of emptiness and contains the substantiation of the gradualness of the Path, depending on the depth of comprehension of emptiness and selflessness. This aspect of the Prajnaparamita is presented in Nagarjuna's six treatises on the Madhyamaka. Chandrakirti revealed the connection of the deep view with the stages of the Path of the Bodhisattvas. Thirdly, along with the ontological scheme for substantiating gradualness, the Indian primary sources also present practical schemes for the gradual systematization of the Buddha's teachings: the concept of three chariots (Lotus Sutra), as well as the doctrine of bhumi (Yogacarabhumi by Asanga) and six (ten) paramitas (Bodhicharyavatara by Santideva). This article is part of a larger study of the sources of the Mahayana concept of gradualness. Results of this analysis are significant for the correct source systematization of Buddhist doctrines and practices.
关键词	Primary sources Gradual Path Lamrim Prajnaparamita Three Turnings of the Wheel of Teaching Three Vehicles Nagarjuna Ontology of Emptiness Abhisamayalamkara five Paths Tsongkhapa historical sources
WOS研究方向	History
WOS记录号	WOS:001137693800001
来源期刊	HERALD OF AN ARCHIVIST
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/283766
作者单位	Institute Mongolian, Buddhist & Tibetan Studies of Siberian Branch of RAS; Russian Academy of Sciences
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Urbanaeva, Irina S.,Loschenkov, Alexey, V. Primary Sources of the Teaching about the Stages of the Path in the Indo-Tibetan Mahayana[J],2023(4).
APA	Urbanaeva, Irina S.,&Loschenkov, Alexey, V.(2023).Primary Sources of the Teaching about the Stages of the Path in the Indo-Tibetan Mahayana.HERALD OF AN ARCHIVIST(4).
MLA	Urbanaeva, Irina S.,et al."Primary Sources of the Teaching about the Stages of the Path in the Indo-Tibetan Mahayana".HERALD OF AN ARCHIVIST .4(2023).