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Religions of Tibet in practice / Donald S. Lopez, Jr., editor.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1997.
Description
x, 560 pages ; 24 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
BQ7620 .R45 1997
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Buddhism
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China
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Tibet Autonomous Region
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Buddhist literature, Tibetan
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Translations into English
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
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Religion
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Related name
Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952-
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Series
Princeton readings in religions
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Summary note
Religions of Tibet in Practice is a landmark work, the first major anthology on the topic ever produced. It presents a stunning array of works (hagiographies, pilgrimage guides, prayers, accounts of visits to hell, epics, consecration manuals, sermons, and exorcism texts) that together offer an unparalleled view of the realities of those who have inhabited the Tibetan cultural domain over the centuries. The volume provides a wealth of voices that together lead to a new and more nuanced understanding of the religions of Tibet. The thirty-six chapters are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world, past and present, offering works heretofore unknown. The chapters are organized thematically under five headings: Accounts of Time and Place, Remarkable Lives, Rites and Techniques, Prayers and Sermons, and Dealing with Death and Other Demons. They juxtapose materials from different sects, historical periods, and geographical regions in an attempt to broaden the range of what we understand the religious practices of Tibet to encompass. Each chapter contains a translation and a substantial yet accessible introduction by a leading scholar of Tibetan religions. Religions of Tibet in Practice represents the largest sourcebook on Tibetan religions ever assembled, a work of great value to scholars, students, and general readers.--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Accounts of time and place
Gesar of Ling / Robin Kornman
The royal way of supreme compassion / Matthew Kapstein
The tribal history / Robin Kornman
Bon Rescues Dharma
The guide to the crystal peak / Matthew Kapstein
Guidebook to Lapchi / Toni Huber
Part II. Remarkable lives
The life of Tilopa / Nalanda translation committee
Atisa's journey to Tibet / Hubert Decleer
The journey to the golden mountain / Matthew Kapstein
A quest for "the path and result" / Cyrus Stearns
The Yogin Lorepa's retreat at Lake Namtso / Nalanda translation committee
Memories of a past life / David Templeman
Part III. Rites and techniques
A rite of empowerment / Richard J. Kohn
The horseback consecration ritual / Yael Bentor
An offering of Torma / Richard J. Kohn
An Avalokitesvara Sadhana / Janet Gyatso
A fasting ritual / Roger Jackson
Food, clothes, dreams, and karmic propensities / David Germano
The elements, insanity, and lettered subjectivity / David Germano
The regulations of a monastery / Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Part IV. Prayers and sermons
The sermon of an itinerant saint / Matthew Kapstein
From the autobiography of a visionary / Janet Gyatso
A prayer to the Lama / Donald S. Lopez
A prayer to the God of the plain / Richard J. Kohn
Invocations to two bon deities / Per Kvaerne
A smoke purification song / Nalanda translation committee
Daily prayers / Nalanda translation committee
Part V. Dealing with death and other demons
Mindfulness of death / Donald S. Lopez
A prayer for deliverance from rebirth / Donald S. Lopez
Dying, death, and other opportunities / David Germano
Cards for the dead / Per Kvaerne
Returning from Hell / Francoise Pommaret
Exorcising demons with a Buddhist sutra / Donald S. Lopez
Turning back gossip / Matthew Kapstein
Hail protection / Anne C. Klein and Khetsun Sangpo
A prayer flag for Tara / Donald S. Lopez.
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ISBN
0691011842 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780691011844 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0691011834 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780691011837 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
96031592
OCLC
35043538
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