Terjék József: Collection of Tibetan MSS and Xylographs of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös.
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55 óhos-smra-ba'i bcun-pa Blo-bzan ye-ses-kyis smras-pa, dge-legs-su gyur-£ig | The author of this work, widely known as Lam-rim ihen-mo, is Con-kha-pa, Blo-bzan grags-pa (1357-1419), the founder of the dge-lugspa order. He wrote the book in the hennit's abode near Rva-sgren monastery, his scribe being Bsod-nams dpal-bzan-po. The author of the invocation following the colophon is Blo-bzan ye-ses, the second pan-ihen Lama (1563-1737), and the book was printed in the monastery of Bkra-sis lhun-po. The first three chapters of the book, which consists of four chapters altogether, are devoted to the development and history of the byanöhub-lam (bocihim ärga ) teaching, i.e. Indian and Lomaist scholastics (mainly the work of Alisa Bodhipatha-pradlpa ) are briefly discussed here, as spiritual forerunners to Con-kha-pa. The fourth chapter unfolds the gradual way to Buddhist enlightenment. Con-kha-pa divides people into three groups according to their spiritual-intellectual maturity, giving each group the most appropriate guidance. First ho instructs the least developed ones (skyes-bu Óhun-nu), then those who have attained an intermediary level ('brin) by following the hinayäna ideal, and last of all he addresses the most advanced group (skyes-bu öhen-po ), following the mahayäna belief. Naturally the author emphasizes the vajrayäna (rdo-rje theg-pa ) way within the mahäyäna. The work has become the basis teaching not only of Dge-lugs-pa, but the whole of Lamaism and has given rise to lam-rim literature (cf. Csoma-Collection, No. 15-No. 19); a Mongol version also exists. Cf. Csoma, JASB VII (1838), Csoma, Grammar p. 145; G. C. Cybikov, Lam-rim íen-po (Steponi puti k bla^enstvu) I —II. Vladivostok 1913; A. Wayman, Introduction to Tson-kha-pa's Lam rim chen mo, Berkeley 1952; TPS p. 117; - Suzuki No. 6001; Sendai No. 5392; Taube No. 2589; SB No. 435; Manen No. 198; Walsh No. 32; - Blockdrucke p. 68; Landkarten No. 298-299 (pp. 176-177); Heissig-Bawden pp. 222-223.
