Dunhuang Manuscript S.2585: a Textual and Interdisciplinary Study on Early Medieval Chinese Buddhist Meditative Techniques and Visionary Experiences

S.2585 is a significant Dunhuang manuscript, providing various types of Buddhist meditative techniques. Some techniques can be traced back to Central Asia and India, although some techniques seem to have been developed later. I argue that the vision of buddhas that accompanies single-minded contemplation of the navel as described in S.2585 may reflect the idea of a “buddha within” denoting the notions of buddha-nature and tathāgatagarbha in some contexts. I also argue that navel contemplation became an important part of Buddhist meditation practice in early Chinese Buddhism.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Masters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Cambridge

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Ponampon, Phra Kiattisak

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Galambos, Dr. Imre
• Palumbo, Dr. Antonello

• buddha-nature
• buddha within
• buddhadhātu
• buddhānusmṛti
• buddha darśana
• dharmakāya
• Dunhuang Manuscript
• navel
• nābhi
• meditation
• middle way
• mindfulness
• tathāgatagarbha
• microcosm
• Foshuo guan jing佛說觀經
• nianfo sanmei念佛三昧
• yixin guanqi一心觀齊
• 佛性
• 見佛
• 法身
• 齊
• 臍
• S.2585

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en

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https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.31982

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