Yamabe, Nobuyoshi. “Fragments of the 'Yogalehrbuch' in the Pelliot Collection.” In Ein buddhistisches Yogalehrbuch: Unveränderter Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1964 unter Beigabe aller seither bekannt gewordenen Fragmente, edited by Jens-Uwe Hartmann and Hermann-Josef Röllicke, 325-41. Munich: IUDICIUM, 2006.
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Yamabe examines the “Yogalehrbuch” (YL), a Sanskrit meditation manual based on a birch bark manuscript (SHT 150) edited and translated by Dieter Schingloff (1964a). He argues that the YL shares likenesses with some of the meditation/visualisation texts allegedly translated into Chinese in the early fifth century. Since many of these Chinese meditation texts are of dubious origin, similarities with the YL can be important clues to clarify the real provenance of these texts. In particular Yamabe discusses similarities between the YL and the Damotuoluo chan jing 達摩多羅禪經 T618. He cites Inokuchi (12-14)* who noted structural similarities between the YL and T618 (which, Yamabe notes in passing, is traditionally attributed to Dharmatrāta, but now generally to Buddhasena). Yamabe compares similar passages on upekṣā in the YL and Wumen chanjing yaoyong fa 五門禪經要用法 T619 to demonstrate that that these two texts have similar mystical visions. The Guan Wuliangshou [Fo] jing 觀無量壽[佛]經 T365 is the "most important", according to Yamabe, of the Chinese meditation texts of “dubious origin” to have similarities with YL. While T365 does not itself share many elements with the YL, it is closely related to Guanfo sanmeihai jing 觀佛三昧海經 T643 which “does have significant similarities to the YL.” *Inokuchi, Taijun. Saiiki shutsudo no bonbon yuga ronjo 西域出土の梵文瑜伽論書 (*A Sanskrit Yoga Text Excavated in Central Asia). Ryūkoku Daigaku ronshū 谷大學論集 (The Journal of Ryūkoku University) 381: 2-15. |
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Yamabe examines the “Yogalehrbuch” (YL), a Sanskrit meditation manual based on a birch bark manuscript (SHT 150) edited and translated by Dieter Schingloff (1964a). He argues that the YL shares likenesses with some of the meditation/visualisation texts allegedly translated into Chinese in the early fifth century. Since many of these Chinese meditation texts are of dubious origin, similarities with the YL can be important clues to clarify the real provenance of these texts. In particular Yamabe discusses similarities between the YL and the Damotuoluo chan jing 達摩多羅禪經 T618. He cites Inokuchi (12-14)* who noted structural similarities between the YL and T618 (which, Yamabe notes in passing, is traditionally attributed to Dharmatrata, but now generally to Buddhasena). Yamabe compares similar passages on upeksa in the YL and Wumen chanjing yaoyong fa 五門禪經要用法 T619 to demonstrate that that these two texts have similar mystical visions. The Guan Wuliangshou [Fo] jing 觀無量壽[佛]經 T365 is the "most important", according to Yamabe, of the Chinese meditation texts of “dubious origin” to have similarities with YL. While T365 does not itself share many elements with the YL, it is closely related to Guanfo sanmeihai jing 觀佛三昧海經 T643 which “does have significant similarities to the YL.” *Inokuchi, Taijun. Saiiki shutsudo no bonbon yuga ronjo 西域出土の梵文瑜伽論書 (*A Sanskrit Yoga Text Excavated in Central Asia). Ryukoku Daigaku ronshu 谷大學論集 (The Journal of Ryukoku University) 381: 2-15. T0365; 佛說觀無量壽佛經 T0618; Damotuoluo pusa zhuan chan jing yaoji 達磨多羅菩薩撰禪經要集; 達摩多羅禪經; Yiqie sanmosi jing 庾伽三摩斯經 T0619; 五門禪經要用法 T0643; 佛說觀佛三昧海經 |