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1 online resource |
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Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 29 |
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Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 29.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Picking up the Pieces: Lama Zhang and The "Tibetan Renaissance"; I. Sgam po pa's Hat; II. "Tibet in Pieces"; III. The Buddhist Revival and the Rise of the Dwags po Bka' brgyud pa Order; IV. Lhasa in the Twelfth Century; V.A Sketch of the Life; VI. Lama Zhang's Afterlife; A. In Tibet; B. In Scholarship; VII. Methodological Considerations; A. Hegemony; B. Charisma; C. Style; VIII. Sources; Chapter One Lama Zhang's Life; I. Sources for Lama Zhang's Life; A. Works Written by Lama Zhang |
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B. Works Written by Zhang's Immediate Disciples and ContemporariesC. Works Written by Later Authors; II. The Life; A. Birth and Childhood; B. Early Education; C. Destructive Magic and the Life Turnarounds; D. Meetings with Key Teachers; E. Meeting with Sgom tshul and Realization of Mahamudra; F. Cultivation of Realization; Meditative Attainments; G. Public Life; H. Last Years and Death; Chapter Two Lineage and Style: Placing Lama Zhang in the Tradition; I. Was Lama Zhang a Bka' brgyud pa?; A. Sect and Lineage; B. Lama Zhang's Lineages; C. The Formation of Traditions |
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II. Lama Zhang's Religious StyleA. Chos lugs: Style vs. System; B. The Elements of Lama Zhang's Religious Style; Chapter Three "To Tell Your Own Story Yourself ": Autobiography, Genre Families, and Textual Economies; I. Gyatso on the Historical Conditions for Autobiography in Tibet; A. The Collapse of the Tibetan Empire and the Reconstitution of Tibet as a Buddhist Culture; B. New Strategies of Legitimation; New Modes of Recognition and Self-Presentation; New Forms of Literature; II. Textual Economies and the Birth of Genres; A. Textual Economies; B. Genre Families |
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Chapter Four "Lord of the Teachings"I. The Two Career Paths; II. "Lord of the Teachings," "Protector of Beings"; A. Who Was Fighting?; B. "The Yoke, the Law, and the Seals"; III. Public Works; A. The Works; B. Marking Territory, Sacred and Political; Chapter Five "Great Meditator Who Tears Down Forts"; I. Conflicts and Fighting; A. Reasons for Fighting; B. Some Sites of Fighting; II. "Fierce Activities": the Question of Tantric Justifications; A. Vision and Violence; B. Lama Zhang as a Virtual Object; III. Voices Against Lama Zhang; A. "Eulogizing" Lama Zhang; B. Humor and Rhetoric |
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C. Reining in the WildmanConclusion: Mastering Space, Time, Symbol: Lama Zhang and the Buddhist Hegemonization of Central Tibet; I. Sectarian Groups and the Institution of the Lama; A. Hegemony and Charisma; B. The Spatial Dimension: Spread and Densification; C. The Temporal Dimension: Lineage and the Formation of Traditions; D. The Symbolic Dimension: Territory, Tradition, Text, and Identity; II. "Lord of the Teachings" Revisited; Appendices; Appendix One Contents and Back Matter/Colophons to Volumes 1-7 of the Shedup-Namgyal 2004 Edition of Lama Zhang's Collected Works |
| Summary |
This book examines the life of Lama Zhang, key figure in the "Tibetan renaissance"--A tantric master and literary innovator who forged a new model of rulership and community that would set the standard for later religious rulers of Lhasa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Appendix Two Lama Zhang's Root Lamas and Their Principal Teachers |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Zhang Gʹyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-gʹyung-drung, 1123-1193
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| SUBJECT |
Źaṅ Gʹyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-gʹyuṅ-druṅ, 1123-1193 fast |
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Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa lamas -- Biography
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Buddhism and politics -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Tibetan.
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Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa lamas
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Buddhism and politics
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China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012007862 |
| ISBN |
9789004230101 |
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9004230106 |
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9781280688140 |
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1280688149 |
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