Crazy for wisdom : the making of a mad yogin in fifteenth-century Tibet /

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Larsson (Tibetan Buddhism, U. of California-Berkeley) explores how Sangyé Gyaltsen (1452-1507) became the Madman of Tsang, Tsangnyön Heruka, and summarizes his subsequent activities as a mad yogin. He also places the figure of the mad yogin historically and geographically. His main sources are lif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Larsson, Stefan, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2012.
Colección:Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 30.
Temas:
Gtsang-smyon He-ru-ka, > 1452-1507.
Gtsaṅ-smyon He-ru-ka, > 1452-1507.
Gtsang-smyon He-ru-ka, > 1452-1507
Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa lamas > Tibet Region > Biography.
Lamas bka'-brgyud-pa > Tibet historique > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Tibetan.
Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa lamas.
Tibet Region.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Sources
  • 3 Birth and Childhood
  • 4 The Exceptional Monk
  • 5 The Birth of a Heruka
  • 6 The Mad Yogin
  • 7 A Mad Yogin Turns the Wheel of Dharma
  • 8 Tsangnyön Heruka and Tantric Buddhism
  • 9 Tsangnyön's Own Works
  • 10 Some Key Figures and Texts
  • Conclusions
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Tibetan Spelling Key
  • Appendix 1 Tentative Chronology of the Life of Tsangnyön
  • Appendix 2 A Summary of the Life of Tsangnyön Heruka
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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