藏族高僧传记文学的价值探析——以土观·洛桑却吉尼玛所著三部高僧传为例

On the Literature's Value of the Tibetan Eminent Monks' Biographies——Take the three eminent monk's biographies written by Tuken·Lobsang Choekyi Nyima as examples

藏族高僧传蕴含着深刻的宗教思想,是指导后世修行者的文本规范;作为对高僧人物生平事迹、活动历史的记载,高僧传又具有重要的历史文献价值;而每一部高僧传又是优秀的文学著作,彰显着作者极高的文学素养。因此,研究高僧传具有非常重要的宗教学、历史文献及文学价值。同时,对高僧传的解读也是向社会打开一扇了解藏传佛教文化的窗口,有助于人们正确认识藏传佛教,增强对各类伪宗教现象的甄别能力,有益于藏传佛教在现代社会中的和谐发展。

Since containing profound religious ideas, the biographies of the Tibetan eminent monks have become guidelines for their successors. They also have high historical and literature value as them involving the eminent monks＇ life stories and the records of their deeds. The biography of an eminent monk is also an excellent literary work revealing the author＇s extremely high literacy. Therefore, the study of the Tibetan eminent monks＇ biogra- phies is of great religious, historical and literary value. Meanwhile, knowing the eminent monks could be a way for readers to understand the Tibetan Buddhist culture properly, and improve their ability to screen pseudo-reli- gious phenomena, which is beneficial for the harmonious development of the Tibetan Buddhism in the modern world.