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In the tradition of the Zen school, all of the monks are required to study what are called the "seven books of Zen. These books are chosen from the old Zen masters' collections, but the "seven books" are different according to each of the schools of Zen. Therefore, it is not possible to say which are "the seven books," but Lin-chi Lu is always listed as the first one of them in every school of Zen.

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Dans les sources de la période médiobyzantine, tous les moines n’apparaissaient pas en marge de la société. Certains se distinguaient très clairement par leurs incursions dans le monde ou dans les affaires terrestres. Ils pouvaient voyager, changer de monastère et surtout fréquenter des laïcs. Ils tissaient des liens avec le monde que les autorités avaient pourtant cherché à rompre, et pouvaient jouir d’une liberté que les lois et canons visaient à contrôler. Partant de ce constat, nous avons donc étudié précisément l’insertion des moines dans les réseaux de pouvoir. La première étape de ce travail de recherche fut de recenser les moines qui se distinguaient dans les sources par une intervention dans le monde terrestre. À partir de cette prosopographie, nous avons pu définir les contours de l’élite des moines, groupe qui se caractérisait par ses nombreuses interactions avec la haute aristocratie. La deuxième étape fut d’étudier les réseaux sociaux de ces moines. Nous avons décrit les modalités de leur insertion dans ces réseaux pour mettre en évidence les différentes logiques de construction et de transmission de leurs liens avec l’aristocratie. Nous avons surtout souligné l’importance des relations construites personnellement. Puis, nous avons analysé leur rôle dans ces réseaux pour démontrer qu’ils étaient sollicités et agissaient moins en tant que moines qu’en tant que membres de clans puissants. Ainsi, le rôle politique et social joué par les moines dans l’Empire byzantin ne pouvait s’expliquer que par leur intégration dans des réseaux sociaux puissants composés de membres de la haute aristocratie constantinopolitaine. / It is evident from Medieval Byzantine sources that not all monks lived on society’s margins. Some of them were highly implicated in worldly affairs. They could travel, move into other monasteries and visit lay people. They built up ties with people that the authorities had sought to break and could even enjoy freedoms that the laws and cannons aimed to control. Based on such observations, I have studied closely how monks could be embedded in political networks. Firstly, I have made a census of the Byzantine monks that distinguished themselves by their intervention in the lay world. Based on this prosopographical study, I have defined the contours of a monastic elite and shown that this was a group who interacted frequently with members of the high aristocracy. Consequently, I have studied in detail the social networks in which such monks belonged. I have attempted to describe and to underline the complexity of how monks build up their networks as well as inherit and possibly transmit them. I also have tried to distinguish their institutional bonds from their personal ones. In doing so, I have demonstrated that they acted and were solicited less often as monks and more often as members of powerful clans. Thus, I have concluded that the political and social role played by monks in the Byzantine Empire can only be explained by their integration in very powerful social networks.

Bzhad pa'i rdo rje (1697-1740), the Fifth Sle lung Rin po che, was a religiously and politically controversial figure and an incredibly prolific author, having written or compiled over 46 volumes worth of mainly religious texts. A high-ranking Dge lugs pa sprul sku, Sle lung is seen as having gradually "defected" to the Rnying ma school, although he self-identified as a follower of the "non-sectarian" (ris med) perspective. Sle lung also acted as a spiritual advisor to most of the major central Tibetan rulers during the course of his life, most significantly Mi dbang Pho lha nas (r. 1729-1747). But despite numerous features of fascinating interest, Sle lung and his writings have received very little scholarly attention, and this thesis is intended to fill this unfortunate lacuna. The present study begins with an extended biographical examination of Sle lung's life, and the political and religious unrest in central Tibet at the time in which he was deeply invested. I pay special attention to the controversies that surrounded him, particularly his purported sexual licentiousness and his ecumenical work which was unpopular among his more sectarian Dge lugs pa critics. This opening biography provides critical historical context as I move on to examine two of Sle lung's most important literary works. The first is the sixteen-volume Gsang ba ye shes chos skor, a massive cycle of teachings by Sle lung and his students that integrates tantric theories derived from Sle lung's experience with Gsar ma (specifically Dge lugs pa) teachings. The second work is the Bstan srung rgya mtsho'i rnam thar, a unique text in Tibetan literature which consists of an apparently unprecedented compilation of Tibetan Buddhist protector deity (bstan srung, chos skyong) origin myths. I will make sense of key features of these two works within the larger context of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, as well as the political and personal concerns of Sle lung himself.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Comparative Religion, 2004. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p.57-61).

Orientador: Neri de Barros Almeida / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T10:01:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pinheiro_RossanaAlvesBaptista_D.pdf: 1054509 bytes, checksum: 0fd86f9093f984f59f58a10117fb9b74 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Résumé: Le travail intitulé "De l'institutionnalisation du monachisme à la "monachisation" de l'épiscopat en Provence de Jean Cassien et des lériniens (IVe-Ve siècle)" traite d'une dês caractéristiques du christianisme de Gaule: l'émergence des moines-évêques. Cette recherche est une réflexion au sujet des motifs pouvant être à l'origine du rôle de premier plan qu'eurent les monastères au Ve siècle. Ces derniers deviennent de véritables "pipiniéres" d'èvêques par excellence, et cela tout au long de cette période de trouble. Dês lors, nous avons tenté de déterminer quelle place occupaient les moines dans la structure ecclésiastique provençale, quel rôle jouaient-ils dans l'articulation des liens politicosociaux gaulois de même que pour la construction d'une autorité. C'est-à-dire, une notion fondamentale pour l'exercice du pouvoir sur les biens et sur les hommes par les évêques, consolidée au VIe siècle. De manière à développer cette recherche, nous sommes-nous appuyée sur une documentation de nature diverse, majoritairement originaire de la région de Provence, dans le Sud-Est de la Gaule. Les documents présentés ici furent originairement produits entre 390 et 470 ap. J.-C., période considérée comme l' "âge d'or" de l'Abbaye de Lérins et durant laquelle sont issus les plus grands évêques de toute La Gaule. Aussi, nous sommes-nous davantage concentrée sur la perspective du monachisme présentée et divulguée par l'un des principaux théoriciens du monachisme gaulois: Jean Cassien. Ainsi, ce travail peut-il prétendre avoir respecté le processus d'institutionnalisation du monachisme provençal, tel que Jean Cassien l'entendrait et tel qu'il fut développé au sein de l'abbatiale de Lérins. Un tel processus ne pourrait-être autrement vu comme une étape fondamentale et déterminante dans la consolidation de la fonction épiscopale / Resumo: O trabalho intitulado "Da institucionalização do monacato à 'monaquização' do episcopado na Provença de João Cassiano e dos lerinianos (séculos IV e V)" trata de uma das características do cristianismo da Gália: a emergência dos monges-bispos. Esta pesquisa foi norteada pela reflexão sobre os motivos que fizeram dos mosteiros os "viveiros de bispos" por excelência ao longo do conturbado século V. Com isso, procurou-se determinar o lugar ocupado pelos monges na estrutura eclesiástica provençal e o papel que desempenharam para a articulação dos vínculos político-sociais gauleses, bem como para a construção de uma noção de autoridade fundamental para o exercício do poder sobre bens e sobre homens por parte dos bispos, consolidado no século VI. Para desenvolver a pesquisa, contamos com uma documentação de natureza diversa, oriunda, em sua maioria, da região da Provença, no Sudeste da Gália. Os documentos aqui apresentados foram produzidos, fundamentalmente, entre 390 e 470 d.C, período este considerado a "era de ouro" da abadia de Lérins, de onde saíram os bispos mais importantes da Gália. Também nos concentramos na perspectiva de monaquismo apresentada e divulgada por um dos principais teóricos do monaquismo gaulês, João Cassiano. Assim, o trabalho diz respeito ao processo de institucionalização do monacato provençal, tal qual formulado por João Cassiano e realizado na abadia de Lérins. Tal processo é visto como a etapa fundamental e determinante para a consolidação da função episcopal / Abstract: The work entitled "From the institutionalization of the monasticism to the making of the "monachization" of the bishopric in John Cassian and the lerinians's Provence (fourth and fifth centuries)" portrays one of the features of Gaul's Christianity: the emerging of the monk-bishops. This research was directed by reflecting over the causes which turned the monasteries to "bishops' yards" of its highest degree during the unsettled fifth century. Hereupon it was sought to determine the position held by the monks in the Provençal clericalist structure and the role interpreted by them in the enunciating of the socialpolitical ties of the Gauls, as well as the formation of a notion concerning the fundamental authority to exercise power over lands and men from the bishop's part, which was consolidated in the sixth century. In order to develop this research, we relied on a varied source of documents, arising from, in its majority, from the Provence area, in the south of Gaul. The documents used here were ultimately produced in the period between 390 and 470 A.D., which was considered the "golden era" of the Lerins abbey, which was also the origin of the most important bishops of Gaul. In this research attention is also paid to the monkhood perspective presented and uncovered by one of the main theorists of the Gaulish monkhood, John Cassian. Therefore, this work concerns the process of institutionalization of the Provence monastic life, which was laid down by John Cassian and accomplished at Lerins abbey. Such process is seen as a fundamental and determining stage for the strengthening of the Episcopal role / Doutorado / Historia Cultural / Doutor em História