Dreaming the Great Brahmin : Tibetan traditions of the Buddhist poet-saint Saraha / Kurtis R. Schaeffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaeffer, Kurtis R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life--Buddhism.

Spiritual life.

Sarahapāda, active 8th century.

Sarahapāda.

Sarahapāda, active 8th century. Dohākośa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 227 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dreaming the Great Brahmin explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art, ritual, and even dream visions. The first comprehensive cultural and literary history of the well-known Indian Buddhist poet saint Saraha, known as the Great Brahmin, this bookargues that we should view Saraha not as the founder of a tradition, but rather as its product. Kurtis Schaeffer shows how images, tales, and teachings of Saraha were transmitted, transformed, and created by members of diverse Buddhist traditions in Tibet, India, Nepal, and Mongolia. The result isthat there

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction: Stories and Songs of the Great Brahmin Saraha

PART I. Traditions of Saraha in Tibet

1. Tales of the Great Brahmin

2. Meeting the Great Brahmin in Rituals, Paintings, and Dreams

3. Contesting the Great Brahmin: Saraha as Abbot and Adept

PART II. Traditions of Saraha's Songs in Tibet

4. Bringing the Treasury of Doh&amp

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Verses to Tibet

5. Commentary and Controversy on the Treasury of Doh&amp

Verses in Tibet

6. Creating the Treasury of Doh&amp

Verses

7. Recreating the Treasury of Doh&amp

PART III. The Treasury of Doh&amp

Verses and Ornamental Flower for the Doh&amp

s

Introduction to the Commentary

Ornamental Flower for the Doh&amp

Epilogue: In Praise of the Great Brahmin

Appendix 1. Compositional Features in the Anthologies of Phadampa Sangye

Appendix 2. Adepts in the Anthologies of Phadampa Sangye

Appendix 3. Outline of Ling Repa's Commentary on the Treasury of Doh&amp

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Includes a full translation of the Doha Verses and Chomden Raldri's Tibetan commentary (Do ha rgyan gyi me tog).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Contains:

Sarahapāda, active 8th century. Dohākośa. English

Bcom-ldan-rigs-pai-ral-gri, 13th cent. Do ha rgyan gyi me tog. English.

ISBN:

0-19-029165-6

1-280-70441-1

0-19-534663-7

1-4237-4192-7

OCLC:

476006964