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Author Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952-

Title The madman's middle way : reflections on reality of the Tibetan monk Gendun Chopel / Donald S. Lopez, Jr
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)
Series Buddhism and modernity
Buddhism and modernity.
Contents Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Life; 2. The Text; 3. The Commentary; 4. The Author; 5. The Critics; 6. The Question of Modernity; Index of Proper Names
Summary Gendun Chopel is considered by many to be the most important Tibetan intellectual of the 20th century. He dictated the 'Adornment for Nagarjuna's Thought'. This book presents the English translation of this major Tibetan work, accompanied by an essay on Chopel's life
Analysis gendun chopel, dalai lama, tibet, philosophy, religion, spirituality, invasion, conquest, politics, history, lhasa, china, britain, colonialism, occupation, oppression, monastery, monasticism, cloister, retreat, seclusion, curriculum, tantric buddhism, linguistics, geography, persecution, imprisonment, prisoner, government, middle way, madhyamaka, adornment for nagarjunas thought, sect, modernity, asia, nonfiction
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from the Tibetan
Print version record
Subject Dge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel, A-mdo, 1903-1951. Dbu maʼi zab gnad sñiṅ por dril baʼi legs bśad klu sgrub dgoṅs rgyan
Dge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel, A-mdo, 1905-1951.
DGe-'dun-chos-'phel. Dbu ma'i zab gnad sñin por dril ba'i legs bśad klu sgrub dgoṅs rgyan.
SUBJECT Dbu maʼi zab gnad sñiṅ por dril baʼi legs bśad klu sgrub dgoṅs rgyan (Dge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel, A-mdo) fast
Subject Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
11.93 Buddhism.
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Tibetan.
Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
Madhyamika.
Form Electronic book
Author Dge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel, A-mdo, 1903-1951. Dbu maʼi zab gnad sñiṅ por dril baʼi legs bśad klu sgrub dgoṅs rgyan. English.
LC no. 2005011087
ISBN 9780226493220
0226493229
1281965871
9781281965875
9786611965877
6611965874