Simulating Liberation: The Tibetan Buddhist Game "Ascending the Levels"
Jens Schlieter, in Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 2012
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The primary theoretical contribution applying mathematical systems theory to Buddhist board games. Schlieter demonstrates that the Tibetan Sa gnon rnam bzhags and its Chinese predecessor operate structurally as Markov chains, simulating the probabilistic transitions of consciousness.
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The Academy · May 27, 2026
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