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The biographies of Rechungpa : the evolution of a Tibetan hagiography / Peter Alan Roberts.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Peter Alan, 1952-
- Series:
- Routledge critical studies in Buddhism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ras-chung Rdo-rje-grags, 1083-1161.
- Ras-chung Rdo-rje-grags.
- Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa lamas--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography.
- Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa lamas.
- Lamas.
- Biography.
- China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Biography.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- Buddhist hagiography--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Buddhist hagiography.
- Lamas--Biography--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 290 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
- Summary:
- This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries.Peter Alan Roberts compares significant episodes in the life of Rechungpa as portrayed in a succession of texts, and thus demonstrates the evolution of Rechungpas biography. This is the first survey of the surviving literature which includes a detailed analysis of their dates, authorship and interrelationships. It shows how Rechungpa was increasingly portrayed as a rebellious, volatile and difficult pupil, as a lineage from a fellow-pupil prospered to become dominant in Tibet.Written in a style that makes it accessible to broad readership, Roberts' book will be of great value to anyone with an interest in the fields of Tibetan literature, history or religion.
- Contents:
- 2 The biographies 7
- 3 The evolution of Milarepa's biography 57
- 4 Rechungpa's childhood and meeting Milarepa 85
- 5 Rechungpa's strange illness and cure 103
- 6 Sorcery, logic and angry monks 137
- 7 The teachings of a bodiless dakini 154
- 8 The yak horn and the burning texts 183
- 9 Marriage, pupils and the end of life 210.
- Notes:
- Published in association with the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415769957
- 9780415769952
- 0203963385
- 9780203963388
- OCLC:
- 70129167
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