Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS, 2000. : Religion and Secular Culture in Tibet / / Volume 2 : / Henk Blezer.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; Volume 2
• Author: International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar
• VerfasserIn: Blezer, Henk,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; Volume 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The proceedings of the seminars of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) have developed into the most representative world-wide cross-section of Tibetan Studies. They are an indispensable reference-work for anyone interested in Tibet and capture the cutting edge of Tibet-related research. This volume is the second of three volumes of general proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS. It presents a careful selection of scholarly and academic articles on Tibetan Buddhist and Bon religious culture, including a sizeable section of anthropological contributions. The complete series covers ten volumes. The other seven volumes are the outcome of expert panels. Of special interest to readers of this book are the edited volumes by Katia Buffetrille & Hildegard Diemberger (anthropology: territory and identity), Helmut Eimer & David Germano (Buddhist canon), Toni Huber (anthropology: Amdo cultural revival), Christiaan Klieger (anthropology: presentation of self & identity), and Deborah Klimburg-Salter and Eva Allinger (art history).

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- BUDDHISM - GENERAL -- Buddhism and the State in Eighth Century Tibet -- The Rituals and their Origins in the Visionary Accounts of the Fifth Dalai Lama -- Fourfold Meditation: Outer, Inner, Secret, and Suchness -- Towards an Understanding of Tathāgatagarbha Interpretation in Tibet with Special Reference to the Ratnagotravibhāga -- 'Gos Lo tsā ba Gzhon nu dpal's Extensive Commentary on and Study of the Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā -- Skal ldan mgur rna dang de'i khyad chos -- Iranian Themes in Tibetan Tantric Culture: The Ḍākinī -- The Visionary Lineages of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo -- BUDDHISM - HERMENEUTICS -- Studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Hermeneutics (3): Grammatical Models in Buddhist Formulas -- Hermeneutique des tantra: Le Ye shes rdo rje kun las btus pa'i rgyud las 'byung ba'i rgyan bdun rnam par dgrol ba de Śraddhikaravarman -- BUDDHISM - ANTHROPOLOGY -- Lhachö [Lha mchod] and Hrinän [Sri gnon]: The Structure and Diachrony of a Pair of Rituals -- The Ritual of Freeing Lives -- BUDDHISM - GENDER -- A chung gnam rdzong bsam gtan chos 'phel gling gi btsun ma'i 'tsho ba spyod stangs skor dpyad pa -- Grags can bud med bstan ma'i sku rten blo bzang tshe sgron dang khong gi skor mdo tsam gleng ba -- A Tibetan Female State Oracle -- BUDDHISM - GREAT PERFECTION -- Chinese Chan and Tibetan Rdzogs Chen: Preliminary Remarks on Two Tibetan Dunhuang Manuscripts -- The Resolution of the Simultaneous and Gradual Approaches to the Great Perfection in the Klong chen snying thig -- The Rdzogs chen Murals of the Klu khang in Lhasa -- BON - GREAT PERFECTION -- Unbounded Functionality: A Modest Rdzogs chen Rejection of the Classic Don byed nus pa Criterion -- A Brief Survey of the Lung rigs rin po che'i mdzod blo gsal snying gyi nor by Shar rdza Bkra Shis rgyal mtshan (1859-1934).

BON - GENERAL -- Gshen rab mi bo che'i mdzad rnam bsdus ma'i skor gleng ba -- Coming into Existence: Bon Notions of Embryological Development -- Bod kyi shes rig las 'byung ba'i skor rags tsam gleng ba -- Zhang bod kyi gso ba rig pa'i grot phugs 'bum bzhi dang rgyud bzhi'i skor la dpyad pa -- LITERATURE -- The Great Indian Epics in the Version of Dmar ston Chos kyi rgyal po -- The Unreal World of Tibetan Free Verse Poetry: A Preliminary Study on Topics and Themes in Contemporary Tibetan Free Verse Poetry.