How Buddhism Came to Tibet
Sangharakshita ( 1968 )
Part of the series An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
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- 1 Tibetan Buddhism as a major form of Buddhism; Sangharakshita’s personal contact with it 07:12
- 2 Intrinsic and extrinsic interest; relationship to Indian Buddhism 05:32
- 3 The wonder of Buddhism reaching Tibet; differences between India and Tibet 03:51
- 4 Historical differences between Indians and Tibetans: i.mystical versus practical 03:24
- 5 ii.peaceful versus war-like 03:26
- 6 iii.cultured versus rough 02:38
- 7 The introduction and spread of Buddhism into Tibet 05:28
- 8 King Songtsen Gampo: political, administrative, social and cultural reforms 04:31
- 9 Gampo’s wives; the Jokhang (the Lord’s house) in Lhasa; Tönmi Sambhota and the Tibetan alphabet; first translations of Indian Buddhist scriptures into Tibetan; the Manikabum; paper, ink, the civil law 07:57
- 10 King Trisong Detsen; Shantarakshita; Padmasambhava; Samye monastery 11:57
- 11 The council of Lhasa: Kamalashila and the Ch’an monk; The Triyana character of Tibetan Buddhism 03:29
- 12 King Ralpachen; commission for the translation of scriptures; an assassination 04:13
- 13 King Yeshe Ö; bringing Atisha to Tibet; Atisha’s reforms and achievements 05:16
Talk Details
The lecture describes the introduction of Buddhism into Tibet in the seventh century, and the extraordinary events which culminated in its firm establishment by the eleventh century.
Talk given in 1968.
