Author: Ceskoslovenska akademie ved. Orientalni ustav KninovnaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Block books
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Tibetan Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Oriental Institute Prague
Author: Ceskoslovenska akademie ved. Orientalni ustav KninovnaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Block books
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Prague Collection of Tibetan Prints from Derge: dGon-chen prints
Author: Josef KolmašPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tibetan literature
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The Hidden History of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Author: Bryan J. CuevasPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195306521
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
In 1927, Oxford University Press published the first western-language translation of a collection of Tibetan funerary texts (the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo) under the title The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Since that time, the work has established a powerful hold on the western popular imagination, and is now considered a classic of spiritual literature. Over the years, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has inspired numerous commentaries, an illustrated edition, a play, a video series, and even an opera. Translators, scholars, and popular devotees of the book have claimed to explain its esoteric ideas and reveal its hidden meaning. Few, however, have uttered a word about its history. Bryan J. Cuevas seeks to fill this gap in our knowledge by offering the first comprehensive historical study of the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo, and by grounding it firmly in the context of Tibetan history and culture. He begins by discussing the many ways the texts have been understood (and misunderstood) by westerners, beginning with its first editor, the Oxford-educated anthropologist Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, and continuing through the present day. The remarkable fame of the book in the west, Cuevas argues, is strikingly disproportionate to how the original Tibetan texts were perceived in their own country. Cuevas tells the story of how The Tibetan Book of the Dead was compiled in Tibet, of the lives of those who preserved and transmitted it, and explores the history of the rituals through which the life of the dead is imagined in Tibetan society. This book provides not only a fascinating look at a popular and enduring spiritual work, but also a much-needed corrective to the proliferation of ahistorical scholarship surrounding The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
The Hidden History of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Author: Department of Religion Florida State University Bryan J. Cuevas Assistant Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan StudiesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199760442
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
In 1927, Oxford University Press published the first western-language translation of a collection of Tibetan funerary texts (the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo) under the title The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Since that time, the work has established a powerful hold on the western popular imagination, and is now considered a classic of spiritual literature. Over the years, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has inspired numerous commentaries, an illustrated edition, a play, a video series, and even an opera. Translators, scholars, and popular devotees of the book have claimed to explain its esoteric ideas and reveal its hidden meaning. Few, however, have uttered a word about its history. Bryan J. Cuevas seeks to fill this gap in our knowledge by offering the first comprehensive historical study of the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo, and by grounding it firmly in the context of Tibetan history and culture. He begins by discussing the many ways the texts have been understood (and misunderstood) by westerners, beginning with its first editor, the Oxford-educated anthropologist Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, and continuing through the present day. The remarkable fame of the book in the west, Cuevas argues, is strikingly disproportionate to how the original Tibetan texts were perceived in their own country. Cuevas tells the story of how The Tibetan Book of the Dead was compiled in Tibet, of the lives of those who preserved and transmitted it, and explores the history of the rituals through which the life of the dead is imagined in Tibetan society. This book provides not only a fascinating look at a popular and enduring spiritual work, but also a much-needed corrective to the proliferation of ahistorical scholarship surrounding The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Tibetan Histories
Author: Dan MartinPublisher: Serindia Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780906026434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Over 700 items are featured in this bibliography which attempts to provide a comprehensive listing in chronological sequence of Tibetan-language works belonging to the typical historical genres that have evolved between the 11th century and the present. As well as dates and details of composition or publication, authorship and title, there are also references to the secondary literature in other languages.
Opuscula Tibetana
Author: Buddhist Text Information
Author: Printing History
Author: Bulletin of Tibetology
Author: Bibliographie Internationale de L'histoire Des Religions
Author: Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004037335
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description