Enbo Hu, “From Sūtra to practice” (dissertation, Munich, 2025)
From Sūtra to practice (LMU München, 2025) · 2025
What it is
A doctoral thesis at LMU Munich on how the Medicine Buddha sūtra became ritual practice in Tibet and the Tangut state.
What the work evokes
The author reports a liturgy of the seven Tathāgatas in Old Tibetan, described as the only one known in that language, and a Tangut liturgy found at Khara-Khoto.
Quote
« The discovery of an Old Tibetan version of the liturgy of seven Tathāgatas is a new find »
Source
- Hu, Enbo (2025), LMU München, edoc edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
Checked on 15 October 2026.
Where to find it
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