Terjék József: Collection of Tibetan MSS and Xylographs of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös.
Catalogue
70 Colophon (188 V): de-ltar bstan-pa spyi'i ihos-'byun bstan-pa'i Padmo rgyas-pa'i nin-byed ies bya-ba | Gon-dkar-nas sde-srid rin-poihe-ma'i bkas rcom dgos áes bskul-ba-ltar pha l-t her gtam phyogs lhun-gi rjes-su 'bran-bas zer chad '«had dka'-la | gzu-bor gnas-pa dag-gis rnalmar brjod-pa-rnams phyogs-gcig-tu bya-ba'i bar-sen-la bris-pa-las rjogs-pa lo ro'i ron | dron dban sgyur-du grub-pa 'dis thams-cad-du bstan-pa dan bstan-'jin-gyi skyes-bu byon-te | ári £u gon-nas gon-du 'phel-bar gyur«ig I The author is Padma dkar-po (1527-1592), the greatest authority of the 'Brug-pa order, who wrote his book on the inspiration of the sdesrid of Gon-dkar, in 1575. The first two chapters of the work, which consists of three chapters altogether, serves as a quasi-introduction in which the author briefly describes Buddha and his teaching. The third chapter deals with the consolidation of the Buddhist teaching and the spread of the Mahäyäna. Following this the fundamental idea of the work, the Vajrayäna story (39 r-198 v), is expounded. The story of the "diamond-carriage" is related in general terms. Its first appearance in Tibet, the first and second conversion and the spread of the teaching to the different provinces are described. Throughout the work the special significance of the 'Brug-pa order is emphasized. Cf. A. Csoma de Körös, Note on the Origin of the Kala-Chakra and Adi-Buddha Systems: JASB II (1833), Vostrikov p. 94; Lokesh Chandra, Tibetan Chronicle of Padma-dkar-po (Sata-Pitaka Series Vol. 75, New Delhi 1968); G. Tucci, Indo-Tibetica Vol. II, pp. 84-88; MHTL Vol. I, p. 113.
