Mahāmudrā in India and Tibet / edited by Roger R. Jackson, Klaus-Dieter Mathes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Roger R. (Roger Reid), 1950- editor.

Mathes, Klaus-Dieter, editor.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 44.

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; volume 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahāmudrā (Tantric rite).

Tantric Buddhism--India--Rituals.

Tantric Buddhism.

Tantric Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Rituals.

Tantric Buddhism--Rituals.

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

India.

Physical Description:

ix, 340 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

"Mahāmudrā in India and Tibet presents cutting-edge research by European and North American scholars on the Indian origins and Tibetan interpretations of one of the most popular and influential of all Tibetan meditation traditions, Mahāmudrā, or the great seal. The contributions shed fresh light on important areas of Mahāmudrā studies, exploring the Great Seal's place in the Mahāyāna Samādhirājasūtra, the Indian tantric Seven Siddhi Texts, Dunhuang Yogatantra texts, Mar pa's Rngog lineage, and the Dgongs gcig literature of the 'Bri gung, as well as in the works of Yu mo Mi bskyod rdo rje, the Fourth Zhwa dmar pa Chos grags ye shes, the Eighth Karma pa Mi-bskyod rdo rje, and various Dge lugs masters of the 17th-18th centuries. Contributors are: Jacob Dalton, Martina Draszczyk, Cecile Ducher, David Higgins, Roger R. Jackson, Casey Kemp, Adam Krug, Klaus-Dieter Mathes, Jan-Ulrich Sobisch, and Paul Thomas"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mahāmudrā in india and tibet

ISBN:

9789004410404

9004410406

OCLC:

1104061522