Diemberger When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty

The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-231-51246-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Diemberger, Hildegard

Weitere Mitwirkende

Strathern, Marilyn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sexualität & Gender in den Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Foreword, by Marilyn Strathern
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
1. The World of Chokyi Dronma
2. The Life of Chokyi Dronma
3. The Manuscript and Its Enigmas
4. Princess, Nun, Yogini
Part II
Translation of the Biography of the Venerable Chokyi Dronma
Part III
5. Succession and Spiritual Lineages: Meaning and Mysteries of Chokyi Dronma's Reincarnation
6. "Lady of the Lake": The Dorje Phagmo at Samding
7. Dorje Phagmo in the Twentieth Century: Embodied Divinity and Government Cadre
8. The Living Tradition and the Legacy of the Princess
Epilogue
Twin Reincarnation Line and Tentative Chronology
The Families of Chokyi Dronma
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hildegard Diemberger is director of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit and a fellow of Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge. She has published extensively on the anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayan regions and, with Pasang Wangdu, has coauthored the translations of the Shel dkar chos 'byung and the dBa' bzhed.