Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003. Volume 4: Tibetan Buddhist Literature and Praxis : : Studies in its Formative Period, 900-1400 / / edited by Ronald Davidson, Christian Wedemeyer.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; 10/4
• Author: International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar
• TeilnehmendeR: Davidson, Ronald,; Wedemeyer, Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; 10/4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Studies in its Formative Period, 900-1400
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1281458104; 9786611458102; 9047411676
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ronald Davidson, Christian Wedemeyer.

Collectively, the papers of this volume reveal the cultural dynamism of Tibet in the period between 900 and 1400CE, when the fundamental contours of Tibetan Buddhism were still fluid and highly contested. The papers address a spectrum of issues in Tibetan religion and literature, ranging in time and space from the far eastern oasis of Dunhuang in the tenth century through 'high classical' developments in Central Tibet in the early fifteenth century. It is divided into four parts, addressing respectively literary and religious issues in tenth-century Dunhuang, the textual history of the Old Tantric Canon (Rnying ma'i rgyud 'bum), the development of Tibetan religious literature in the new translation period, and the history and transmission of several influential systems of esoteric Buddhism.