Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra
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The Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha sutra (
This text was very important for the development of the
Yoga tantra traditions in India, Tibet, China, Japan and Sumatra, amongst others. The Tattvasaṃgraha is extant in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese. It is one of the three fundamental sutras of Japanese esoteric Buddhism.[2]
Weinberger (2003: p. 4) holds:
The Compendium of Principles marks the emergence of mature Indian Buddhist tantra at the end of the seventh century, and it immediately spawned a body of literary progeny that has played a central and enduring role in the development of tantric Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, and Japan. Consolidated over time into traditions known in some Indian circles as Yoga Tantra, they spread as widely as Śrı Lanka, Southeast Asia, Khotan, Mongolia, and Sumatra.[3]
Etymology
Tattvasaṃgraha may be
Graha
(Devanagari: ग्रह) means 'seizing', 'laying hold of', 'holding'.
History and dissemination
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Shingon
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Notes
- ^ a b Silk, Jonathan A. (editor) Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism Volume I: Literature and Languages, p. 373.
- ^ "Two Slokas in the Sanskrit Text of Tattva-samgraha-tantra, Chapter of (Vidyaraja) Trailokyavijaya, with a Commentary and Indices".
- ^ Weinberger, Steven Neal (2003). The Significance of Yoga Tantra and the Compendium of Principles (Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra) within Tantric Buddhism in India and Tibet. Dissertation. University of Virginia, USA: Department of Religious Studies. Source: Internet Archive
- ^ Tucci, Giuseppe (1932). Indo-Tibetica. Reale Accademia d’Italia Studi e Documenti I. Rome: Reale Accademia d’Italia. vol. 1, pp. 135-145.
- ^ Tucci, Giuseppe (1949). "Compendium of Principles" in Tucci, Giuseppe (1949) Tibetan Painted Scrolls. Roma: Libreria dello Stato. p. 225.
- ISBN 0-87773-311-2(v.1).
References
- Weinberger, Steven Neal (2003). The Significance of Yoga Tantra and the Compendium of Principles (Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra) within Tantric Buddhism in India and Tibet. Dissertation. University of Virginia, USA: Department of Religious Studies. Source: Internet Archive
- Weinberger, Steven Neal (2010). "The Yoga Tantras and the Social Context of Their Transmission to Tibet" (PDF). Chung-Hwa Journal of Buddhist Studies. 23: 131–166.