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Title: Crystals and Images from Bodies, Hearts and Tongues from Fire: Points of Relic Controversy from Tibetan History
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Dan Martin, 1953-
One Sentence Summary: This article looks at historical controversies among Tibetan Buddhists, particularly Sakyapas (sa skya pa) and Kagyüpa (bka’ ’gyud pa), over relics.

Description: This article looks at polemical arguments between Sakyapas (sa skya pa) and Kagyüpa (bka’ ’gyud pa) over relics. Small relics (ring bsrel) are often regarded in Tibet as appearing miraculously at the death of a saint. However, as the article demonstrates, the exact nature of these relics and their authenticity has been a matter of debate among Tibetan Buddhists. Furthermore, controversies over relics have sometimes taken place in the context of broader political contentions. (Ben Deitle 2006-02-28)

Publisher Place: Narita, Narita-shi, Chiba-ken
Publisher: Naritasan Shinshoji
Normalized publisher place: Narita
Publisher country: Japan
Published Date: 1992
Subject: Relics (ring bsrel)
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Multi-Author Edited Volumes -- Conference Proceedings -- Proceedings of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (PIATS) -- PIATS 5 (1989) -- Tibetan Studies, PIATS 5, vol. 1
Cultural Coverage: Tibet
Language: English
Series Title: Proceedings of the International Association for Tibetan Studies
Series volume: 5
Series 2 editor: Shōren Ihara
Series 2 volume: 2
Series 2 Title: Monograph Series of Naritasan Institute for Buddhist Studies Occasional Papers
Source: Tibetan studies: Proceedings of the 5th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Narita 1989
Source Editor: Shōren Ihara
Zuihō Yamaguchi
Source Type: Conference Proceedings
Source Volume: 1
Source Page Numbers: 183-191
Frequency of publication: Irregular
Format: Print media (print or manuscript, including PDFs)
Resource Type: Article
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 2006-03-06 12:01:27
Date Record Checked: 2006-03-08
Date Last Modified: 2008-03-19 13:06:34
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