Gold J.C. The Dharma's gatekeepers: Sakya Pandita on Buddhist scholarship in Tibet. - Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007. - xii, 267 p. - Bibliogr.: p.239-254. - Ind.: p.255-266. - ISBN 978-0-7914-7165-4  Место хранения:   033 | Бурятский научный центр | Улан-Удэ | Центральная научная библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

Preface ........................................................ ix Acknowledgments ................................................ xi 1 The Lion's Roar in the Assembly: Sa-paṇ's Scholarly Ideal .... 1 Introduction ................................................. 1 The Gateway in the History of Tibetan Learning ............... 4 Śākyaśrībhadra and the Indianization of Tibet ................ 9 The Five Sciences and the Goal of Scholarly Perfection ...... 14 2 Beware of the Dharma in Translation: A Warning to Interpreters ................................................ 25 Introduction: Translation in Tibet and in the Gateway ....... 25 Obscure Vocabulary .......................................... 28 The Techniques of Translators ............................... 30 Translation Mistakes ........................................ 31 Unintelligible Context ...................................... 32 Untranslatability Denied .................................... 35 3 The Dharma Is Only Words: A Philosophical Authorization of the Linguist ............................................. 41 Introduction ................................................ 41 Skill in Means in the Gateway ............................... 42 The "Term Generality" at the Foundation of Grammar .......... 43 The "Term Generality" in Sakyapa Epistemology ............... 45 Sa-paṇ and Saussure on the Conceptuality and Conventionality of Language ................................. 50 Sa-paṇ and Sönam Tsemo on the Dharma as Language ............ 53 Linguistics as the Study of Convention: The "Speech Intention" .................................................. 57 4 The Expert Knows the Context Sa-paṇ's Appeals to Buddhist Hermeneutics ................................................ 61 Introduction: Sa-paṇ's Contribution to Buddhist Hermeneutics ................................................ 61 Tantric Hermeneutics in the Background of the Gateway ....... 64 How Words Get Their Meaning ................................. 69 Sa-paṇ's Previous Position: Linguistic Analysis in the Treasury .................................................... 73 Sa-paṇ's Predecessors on "Well Known in the World" and "Well Known in Treatises" ................................... 76 Well-known Terminology and Linguistic Convention ............ 81 Sa-paṇ's General Theory of the "Well Known" and Tantric Hermeneutics ................................................ 84 Which Scholars Form the Community of Interpreters? .......... 87 Conclusion .................................................. 91 5 The Message in the Medium: Intellectual Norms and Protocols ................................................... 93 Introduction ................................................ 93 The Three Kinds of Meaning in a Good Verse of Reverence ..... 95 Introductory Verses and the Social Function of Rhetoric ..... 98 Synopsis as a Display of Mastery ........................... 102 Ensuring Excellence by Declaring a Legitimate Purpose ...... 107 How to Make Meaning Evident ................................ 110 Conclusion ................................................. 113 6 Appealing to the Translocal: Sanskrit Poetics for a Tibetan Buddhist Elite ..................................... 117 Introduction ............................................... 117 Sa-paṇ's Buddhicization of the Rasas ....................... 119 Applying the Rasas ......................................... 126 Poetics in Defense of the Dharma ........................... 130 Introducing Poetics to Tibetans ............................ 135 Conclusion: Who Benefits from Aesthetic Cultivation? ....... 138 7 Conclusion: Thoughts on a Future Comparative Intellectual History .................................................... 141 Appendixes A: Outline ................................................. 151 B: The Gateway to Learning ................................. 153 Notes ......................................................... 185 Tibetan Orthographic Equivalents .............................. 235 Abbreviations ................................................. 237 Bibliography .................................................. 239 Index ......................................................... 255