The influence of the ideas of the <i>Prajnaparamita</i> and <i>Madhyamaka</i> philosophy on the formation of the <i>Rime</i> ideology
In this paper the influence of the Madhyamaka school and Prajñāpāramitā’s doctrines on the formation of individual branches of the Tibetan non-sectarian movement Rime is discussed. Also the impact of various schools, such as Rantong Madhyamaka (rang stong) and Shentong (gzhan stong) is examined, as well as the transmission lines of the doctrine (Teaching Lineages), such as Chod, etc. The varying approaches of Rantong and Shentong are discussed, as it was described in the main work or Jamgon Kongtrul «Lodre Thaye» - «Comprehensive knowledge». The interpretation of the concept tathāgatagarbha (de bzhin gshegs pa’i snyng po) is specified and also examined is the influence of ideas of Madhyamaka on the formation of the views of such prominent figures of the Rime movement, as Jamgon Kongtrul and Ju Mipham Rinpoche. It is noted that arguing with Geluk in some aspects of classical interpretation of Madhyamaka, Rime, however, pretended to express the views of all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism, at the same time remaining as a non-sectarian movement. At the same time, the areas that remained outside the influence of the dominant Geluk monasteries and, in general, represented non-monastic Buddhism (such as, for example, Chod ), have received a relatively greater attention in Rime. Therefore, the influence of the Prajnaparamita texts, especially, the ideas of Aryadeva in «Prajñāpāramitā-upadeśa» on the formation of Chod traditions and its founder Machik Labdron is examined. In the Appendix translation of the chapters XI-XV from «Ratna-guna-samcaya-gāthā» (mdo sdud pa), which had a special impact on the formation of the Chod doctrine is given.