Dārikapa’s 'Short Instruction on Reality – the Great Secret of Secrets from Uḍḍiyāna'

Schott, Julian 2023. Dārikapa’s 'Short Instruction on Reality – the Great Secret of Secrets from Uḍḍiyāna'. Asian Literature and Translation 10 (2) , pp. 134-168. 10.18573/alt.61

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Abstract

This short paper aims in presenting a modern but close reading of Dārikapāda’s Short Instruction on Reality – the Great Secret of Secrets from the exalted Oḍḍiyāna. This first translation of this short and inspirational Buddhist tantric song-poem into English is accompanied by an introduction in which the work is briefly contextualised, followed by two summarising sections about the author, text and its contents. The Short Instruction on Reality has not received any noteworthy scholarly attention from within or outside of Buddhist or scholarly traditions. Yet, as being part of the so-called ‘Seven Siddhi Texts’ (Grub pa sde bdun), it has gained its place within the Indo-Tibetan Mahāmudrā traditions that developed on the Tibetan plateau from 10th and 11th centuries onward, and is thus one among the many relevant sources, although a minor one, to be studied and investigated to shed light on its development and formation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	2051-5863
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 November 2023
Date of Acceptance:	July 2023
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2023 13:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163805

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