Tibetan Renaissance Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan Culture

Name: Tibetan Renaissance Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan Culture
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ISBN: 9780231134705

ISBN-10: 0231134703

ISBN-13: 9780231134705

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ronald Davidson

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How did a society on the edge of collapse and dominated by wandering bands of armed men give way to a vibrant Buddhist culture, led by yogins and scholars? Ronald M. Davidson explores how the translation and spread of esoteric Buddhist texts dramatically shaped Tibetan society and led to its rise as the center of Buddhist culture throughout Asia, replacing India as the perceived source of religious ideology and tradition. During the Tibetan Renaissance (950-1200 C.E.), monks and yogins translated an enormous number of Indian Buddhist texts. They employed the evolving literature and practices of esoteric Buddhism as the basis to reconstruct Tibetan religious, cultural, and political…

Book details

List price: $145.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/21/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 616
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.93" long x 0.17" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English



Preface List of Maps, Figures Pronunciation Guide


Introduction



Early Medieval India and the Esoteric Rhapsody



The Demise of Dynasty and a Poorly Lit Path



Renaissance and Reformation: The Eastern Vinaya Monks



Translators as the New Aristocracy



Drokmi: The Doyen of Central Tibetan Translators



Treasure Text, the Imperial Legacy



The Late Eleventh Century: From Esoteric Lineages to Clan Temples



The Early Twelfth Century: A Confident Tibetan Buddhism



The Late Twelfth to Early Thirteenth Century: Ethical Crises, International



Conclusion and Epilogue: The Victory of the Clan Structure, Late Tantric Buddhism Notes Glossary Tibetan Orthographic Equivalents



Eastern Vinaya Temples, Cave Temples



Translation and Text of the Root Text of the *Margaphala



A Concordance of Early Commentaries on the Root Text of the *Margaphala


Notes to Appendices


Notes to the Edition


Abbreviations


Bibliography


Index