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Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003, Tibetan Buddhist Literature and Praxis: Studies in Its Formative Period, 900-1400

By Ronald M. Davidson , Christian K. Wedemeyer (eds)

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2006
ISBN
9004155481, 9789004155480
LCC
BQ7584 .I67 2003
Google Books ID
r03YAAAMAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
948 kB (970791 bytes)
Series
Brill's Tibetan studies library
Volume
PIATS 10 Vol 4
Pages
262\273
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Collectively, the papers of this volume reveal the cultural dynamism of Tibet in the period between 900 and 1400CE, when the fundamental contours of Tibetan Buddhism were still fluid and highly contested. The papers address a spectrum of issues in Tibetan religion and literature, ranging in time and space from the far eastern oasis of Dunhuang in the tenth century through 'high classical' developments in Central Tibet in the early fifteenth century. It is divided into four parts, addressing respectively literary and religious issues in tenth-century Dunhuang, the textual history of the Old Tantric Canon (Rnying ma'i rgyud 'bum), the development of Tibetan religious literature in the new translation period, and the history and transmission of several influential systems of esoteric Buddhism.

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