Author: Josef KolmašPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tibetan literature
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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
Prague Collection of Tibetan Prints from Derge: dPal-spungs prints
Author: Josef KolmašPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tibetan literature
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
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.
Bulletin of Tibetology
Author: 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.
Opuscula Tibetana
Author: 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
The Tibetan History Reader
Author: Gray TuttlePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231513542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 749
Book Description
Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, this resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies, along with several new contributions. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, the collection is both a general and specific history, connecting the actions of individuals, communities, and institutions to broader historical trends shaping Asia and the world. With contributions from American, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan scholars, the anthology reflects the international character of Tibetan studies and its multiple, interdisciplinary perspectives. By far the most concise scholarly anthology on Tibetan civilization in any Western language, this reader draws a clear portrait of Tibet's history, its relation to its neighbors, and its role in world affairs.
Archiv orientální
Author: Bedřich HroznýPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Orient
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Vols. 3- include Bulletin of the Czechoslovak Oriental Institut, no. 1- .
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