Hidden Treasures and Secret Lives

A Study of Pemalingpa (1450-1521) and The Sixth Dalai Lama (1683-1706)
1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-0-7103-0328-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

First published in 1989. This book includes the Tibetan Buddhist hagiography and concentrates on the lives of Pemalingpa (1450-1521) and the Sixth Dalai Lama (1683-1706). One of the main purposes of this study is to communicate the human qualities of these saints to a rather broader audience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aris, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION PART ONE Pemalingpa and his Hidden Treasures, The Autobiography, Antecedents, Youth, The Treasure of the Burning Lake, The Treasure Hunt Continues, Dreams and Trances of a Buddhist Shaman, Enemies and Patrons, The Later Years, The Man, his Cult and Legacy, PART TWO The Sixth Dalai Lama and his Secret Lives, Ancestry and Homeland, From Rebirth to Recognition, The Years of Waiting, From Enthronement to Deposition and Death, The Secret Life, The Impersonator and his Fictions, Amdo and Alashan

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Aris