Vision and violence : Lama Zhang and the politics of charisma in twelfth-century Tibet / / by Carl S. Yamamoto.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 29
• Author: Yamamoto, Carl S.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 29.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (406 p.)
• Notes: Appendix Two Lama Zhang's Root Lamas and Their Principal Teachers.

This book offers the first in-depth examination of the life and writings of Lama Zhang (1122-1193), key figure in the \'Tibetan renaissance.\' Controversial, larger-than-life, already revered as a literary innovator and tantric meditation master, Zhang entered public life in mid-career and...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Introduction: Picking up the Pieces: Lama Zhang and The “Tibetan Renaissance” / Carl S. Yamamoto
• 1. Lama Zhang’s Life / Carl S. Yamamoto
• 2. Lineage and Style: Placing Lama Zhang in the Tradition / Carl S. Yamamoto
• 3. “To Tell Your Own Story Yourself ”: Autobiography, Genre Families, and Textual Economies / Carl S. Yamamoto
• 4. “Lord of the Teachings” / Carl S. Yamamoto
• 5. “Great Meditator Who Tears down Forts” / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Conclusion: Mastering Space, Time, Symbol: Lama Zhang and the Buddhist Hegemonization of Central Tibet / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Appendix 1: Contents and Back Matter/Colophons to Volumes 1–7 of the Shedup-namgyal 2004 Edition of Lama Zhang’s Collected Works / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Appendix 2: Lama Zhang’s Root Lamas and Their Principal Teachers / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Appendix 3: Listing of Lama Zhang’s 44 Teachers, Along with 141 Teachings Received, from Various Root Lamas (Rtsa ba’i bla ma sna tshogs kyis ‘thob byang), Shedup I.307–16 / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Appendix 4: List of 15 Lineages of Teachings Received by Zhang, from Various Lineages (Brgyud pa sna tshogs), Shedup I.293–307 / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Appendix 5: Occurrences of the Term bka’ brgyud in the Shedup-Namgyal 2004 Collected Works / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Appendix 6: Occurrences of the Term lha sa sde bzhi in Lama Zhang’s Writings / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Bibliography / Carl S. Yamamoto
• Index / Carl S. Yamamoto.