Testament of Ba
Testament of Ba (Wyl. sba bzhed) - attributed to Ba Salnang. It is a chronicle of events surrounding the reign of King Trisong Detsen, the founding of Samyé Monastery and the famous Samyé Debate.
Translations
- Wangdu, Pasang and Diemberger Hildegard, eds. and trans.,dBa' bzhed: The Royal Narrative Concerning the Bringing of the Buddha's Doctrine to Tibet; translation and facsimile edition of the Tibetan text, Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2000
Further Reading
- Philip Denwood, 'Some Remarks on the Status and Dating of the Sba bzhed', in Tibet Journal, vol. 15 no. 4 (Winter 1990), pp.135-148
- Matthew T. Kapstein, The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory, New York: Oxford University Press, 2000
- Stein, R. A., Une chronique anciene de Bsam-yas: Sba bzhed, Paris: Publications de l’Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises, 1961