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   <dc:title>Dunhuang Manuscript S.2585: a Textual and Interdisciplinary Study on Early Medieval Chinese Buddhist Meditative Techniques and Visionary Experiences</dc:title>
   <dc:identifier xsi:type="dcterms:DOI">10.17863/CAM.31982</dc:identifier>
   <dc:creator>Ponampon, Phra Kiattisak</dc:creator>
   <uketdterms:advisor>Galambos, Dr. Imre</uketdterms:advisor>
   <uketdterms:advisor>Palumbo, Dr. Antonello</uketdterms:advisor>
   <dcterms:abstract>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.</dcterms:abstract>
   <uketdterms:institution>University of Cambridge</uketdterms:institution>
   <dcterms:issued>2019-03-23</dcterms:issued>
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   <uketdterms:qualificationlevel>Masters</uketdterms:qualificationlevel>
   <uketdterms:qualificationname>Master of Philosophy (MPhil)</uketdterms:qualificationname>
   <dc:language>en</dc:language>
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   <dc:subject>buddha-nature</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>buddha within</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>buddhadhātu</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>buddhānusmṛti</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>buddha darśana</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>dharmakāya</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Dunhuang Manuscript</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>navel</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>nābhi</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>meditation</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>middle way</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>mindfulness</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>tathāgatagarbha</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>microcosm</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Foshuo guan jing佛說觀經</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>nianfo sanmei念佛三昧</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>yixin guanqi一心觀齊</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>佛性</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>見佛</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>法身</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>齊</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>臍</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>S.2585</dc:subject>
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