[Buddha-l] "The Origins of Om Manipadme Hum"

[S.A. Feite]

On Jul 18, 2008, at 6:25 PM, jkirk wrote:

> Steve wrote the following and quoted Namkhai Norbu, but offered
> no citation for the quotations.
> The revised theory offered by Norbu is intriguing--I'd like to
> read more about it--can Steve (or anyone else) come up with the
> source for these quotations?
> A check on amazon indicates that Norbu has published a lot of
> books----thus no help with this particular set of quoted
> material.

The quotes were from a draft of a paper by Elias Capriles of the Univ.  
of Venezuela. The first one is listed as from a then (several years  
ago) "unpublished" manuscript. IIRC that manuscript is the work which  
became the new revised edition of _The Necklace of Gzi_ (not the old  
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives of the Dalai Lama's office  
edition).

That latter excerpt on the mandala principle and how tantras emerge  
not through cultural diffusion or borrowing but instead through direct  
experience. I'm not sure the source but it also is from Elias' paper  
and listed as "unpublished". That may be from the current publication  
_Drung, Deu and Bon_ but I'm not certain on that. He does discuss this  
same principle in a number of works, most prominently _Dzogchen: The  
Self-Perfected State_ by Snow Lion (originally Arkana).

Sorry for the delay, but my knee has me down for the last several  
days. Once I get back on my feet, I should have a more complete answer.

You can find the recent version of Prof. Caprile's papers at:

http://webdelprofesor.ula.ve/humanidades/elicap/en/Main/Books

And the paper for the above quotes (Buddhism and Dzogchen, vol. 1):

http://eliascapriles.dzogchen.ru/buddhismanddzogchen1.pdf

Bon Po Lamas, in particular, are quite knowledgeable on the inter- 
connection between Shaivism and Buddha-dharma. A very interesting  
topic for discussion.

-Steve