THE DAWN OF TIBETAN BUDDHIST SCHOLASTICISM (11TH–13TH C.) (TIBSCHOL)


TibSchol aims at painting an integrative picture of the contextual and conceptual aspects of the formative phase of the Tibetan Buddhist scholastic tradition. Its ground-breaking study of an exceptionally active period of Tibetan scholarly creativity will integrate Tibetan thinkers into world intellectual history and the global history of philosophy. https://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/tibschol/home

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101001002). It is hosted at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

The results published are solely within the author’s responsibility and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Research Council or the European Commission who must not be held responsible for either contents or their further use.



Zhouyang Ma

The 1502 Tangut Dhāraṇī Pillars Revisited: An Alternative Perspective on the Local History of Post-Jin Northern China

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jch.2025.10042

Jonathan Samuels

Neutral Third Parties in Buddhist Disputation Practice

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doi: https://doi.org/10.2143/JIABS.47.0.3294227

Zhouyang Ma

The Tibetan "Treatise on Music" (c.1200 CE) by Sa skya paṇḍita Kun dga’ rgyal mtshan: A Critical Edition and Translation of Chapter One and the Tibetan Commentary

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doi: https://doi.org/10.14434/emt.No.18.41716

Jonathan Samuels

Divided by scholasticism: Revealing early sources on what separated the monasteries of Rwa sgreng and Gsang phu

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/TibSchol_ERC_Cog_101001002_Samuels_Divided

Zhouyang Ma

Two Early Biographical Accounts of Atiśa Preserved in Tangut

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doi: https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.145.1.2025.ar004

Pascale Hugon

“Thunderbolt Blaze” or “Armless Hero”? On the Authorship of the Essence of Debate

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/TibSchol_ERC_Cog_101001002_Hugon_Thunderbolt

Rachael Griffiths

Transkribus in Practice: Improving CER

doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/TibSchol_ERC_Cog_101001002_Griffiths_CER

Rachael Griffiths

Transkribus in Practice: Abbreviations

doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/TibSchol_ERC_Cog_101001002_Griffiths_Abbreviations

Rachael M. Griffiths

Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) for Tibetan Manuscripts in Cursive Script

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doi: 10.1553/TibSchol_ERC_HTRs43