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

• Author: Larsson, Stefan, 1968-
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2012
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 30.
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (374 p.)
• הערות: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Stockholm, 2009) under the title: Birth of a Heruka : How Sangs rgyas rgyal mtshan became gTsang smyon Heruka : A Study of a Mad Yogin.

In his early twenties, the Tibetan monk Sangyé Gyaltsen (1452–1507) left his monastery to become a wandering tantric yogin. As he moved from place to place, seeking enlightenment beyond the bounds of monasticism, his behavior became increasingly erratic. While some were shocked or even angered by hi...