Kanjur and Tanjur

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Kanjur and Tanjur ( Tibetan བཀའ་ འགྱུར Wylie bKa '' gyur "translation of words"), ( Tibetan བསྟན་ འགྱུར Wylie bsTan 'gyur "translation of teaching", also Kangyur, Tangyur) is a canon of Tibetan Buddhism . There is also a Kanjur and a Tanjur in the Bon .

Buddhism

From a formal point of view, the Buddhist Kanjur should contain a translation of the Pali canon , but it differs from it because the content and structure differ. For example, the Abidharmapitaka of the Pali canon is missing, but other writings have been added.

The Buddhist Tanjur contains commentaries and translations by Indian Buddhist sages or philosophers such as Nagarjuna , and other important writings. It also contains writings on magic , grammar, poetics, astronomy and the like.

The number of volumes of the Buddhist Kanjur and Tanjur varies depending on the edition. The canon was first printed in Beijing in 1410 ; the first Tibetan edition was printed from 1730 to 1732.

Some editions of the Mongolian Tanjur and Kanjur have been included in the list of World Document Heritage by UNESCO .

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Since the Tibetan Bon religion was strongly influenced by Buddhism, the Bonpa also collected their writings in Kanjur and Tanjur. The Kanjur contains the supposedly handed down teachings and words of the mythical founder of religion Shenrab Miwo , and stories about him. The Tanjur contains explanations and comments. Qualitative distinctions are made in the Bon "continuously transmitted", "revealed" ( Terma ) and "not revealed" writings.

The Bon Canon contains ritual scripts that are important for research and that have hardly any Buddhist influence.

With regard to Bön and the Bön canon, research has not yet progressed very far; Per Kvaerne has made an initial scientific description of the Bön canon .

See also

literature

  • Marco Frenschkowski: Holy Scriptures of the World Religions and Religious Movements. Marix Verlag 2007, ISBN 3865399150

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kanjur written with 9 precious stones | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved on August 26, 2017 .
  2. ^ Mongolian Tanjur | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved on August 26, 2017 .