Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism : the Third Karmapa and the invention of a tradition / Ruth Gamble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamble, Ruth, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reincarnation--Buddhism.

Reincarnation.

Buddhism--Tibet Region--History.

Buddhism.

Rang-byung-rdo-rje, Karma-pa III, 1284-1339.

Rang-byung-rdo-rje.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

'Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism' examines how the third Karmapa hierarch, Rangjung Dorjé (1284-1339) transformed Buddhist belief about reincarnation into a Tibetan institution based on lineage. It surveys his life through the portal of his previously untranslated autobiographical stories and songs, which reveal the rudiments of the reincarnation tradition.

Contents:

Introduction : The Karmapas' Journey to Xanadu

The Elements of Reincarnation. Lifetimes

Lineages

Communities

Landscapes

The Journey of a Lifetime. From Death to Childhood

From Latö to Tsurpu

Into the Mountains

Between Kongpo and Xanadu

Conclusion : The Karmapas' Estate

Appendix. Notes on Rangjung Dorjé's Autobiographies and Biographies .

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 13, 2018).

ISBN:

0-19-069079-8

0-19-069080-1