Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

Description: This volume contains 26 papers focused on Tibetan religion and is divided into sections on hermeneutics, anthropology, gender, the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen), Bön (bon), general studies, and literature. It is the second volume of papers from the proceedings of the ninth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies held in Leiden in the year 2000. (Ben Deitle 2006-03-27)

Table of Contents: Editor's Preface / Henk Blezer - - pt. 1. Buddhism–General : Buddhism and the State in Eighth Century Tibet / Geoffrey Samuel ; The Rituals and their Origins in the Visionary Accounts of the Fifth Dalai Lama / Samten G. Karmay ; Fourfold Meditation: Outer, Inner, Secret, and Suchness / Yael Bentor ; Towards an Understanding of Tathāgatagarbha Interpretation in Tibet with Special Reference to the Ratnagotravibhāga / Anne Burchardi ; Gos Lo tsā ba Gzhon nu dpal's Extensive Commentary on and Study of the Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā / Klaus-Dieter Mathes ; Skal ldan mgur ma dang de'i khyad chos / Gendün Rapsel (dge 'dun rab gsal) ; Iranian Themes in Tibetan Tantric Culture: the Ḍākinī / David Templeman ; The Visionary Lineages of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo / Diana Cousens - - pt. 2. Buddhism–Hermeneutics : Studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Hermeneutics (3): Grammatical Models in Buddhist Formulas / Peter Verhagen ; Hermeneutique des tantra: Le Ye shes rdo rje kun las btus pa'i rgyud las 'byung ba'i rgyan bdun rnam par dgrol ba de Śraddhikaravarman / Pierre Arénes - - pt. 3. Buddhism–Anthropolgy : Lhachö [Lha mchod] and Hrinän [Sri gnon]: The Structure and Diachrony of a Pair of Rituals / Nicolas Sihlé ; The Ritual of Freeing Lives / David Holler - - pt. 4. Buddhism–Gender : A chung gnam rdzong bsam gtan chos 'phel gling gi btsun ma'i 'tsho ba spyod stangs skor dpyad pa / Dekyi Drölma (bde skyid sgrol ma) ; Grags can bud med bstan ma'i sku rten blo bzang tshe sgron dang khong gi skor mdo tsam gleng ba / Jangnöpa Tseyang (byang gnos pa tshe g.yang) ; A Tibetan Female State Oracle / Hanna Havnevik - - pt. 5. Buddhism–Great Perfection : Chinese Chan and Tibetan Rdzogs chen: Preliminary Remarks on Two Tibetan Dunhuang Manuscripts / Carmen Meinert ; The Resolution of the Simultaneous and Gradual Approaches to the Great Perfection in the Klong chen snying thig / Sam van Schaik ; The Rdzogs chen Murals of the Klu khang in Lhasa / Jakob Winkler - - pt. 6. Bon–Great Perfection : Unbounded Functionality: A Modest Rdzogs chen Rejection of the Classic Don byed nus pa Criterion / Anne C. Klein ; A Brief Survey of the Lung rigs rin po che'i mdzod blo gsal snying gyi nor by Shar rdza Bkra Shis rgyal mtshan (1859-1934) / Donatella Rossi - - pt. 7. Bon–General : Gshen rab mi bo che'i mdzad rnam bsdus ma'i skor gleng ba / Döndrup Lhagyel (don grub lha rgyal) ; Coming into Existence: Bon Notions of Embryological Development / Eika Vorndran ; Bod kyi shes rig las 'byung ba'i skor rags tsam gleng ba / Tsewang Lhamo (tshe dbang lha mo) ; Zhang bod kyi gso ba rig pa'i grol phugs 'bum bzhi dang rgyud bzhi'i skor la dpyad pa / Rakhyung Geshé Kelzang Norbu (dbra khyung dge bshes skal bzang nor bu) - - pt. 8. Literature : The Great Indian Epics in the Version of Dmar ston Chos kyi rgyal po / Ulrike Roesler ; The Unreal World of Tibetan Free Verse Poetry: A Preliminary Study on Topics and Themes in Contemporary Tibetan Free Verse Poetry / Françoise Robin.