Drenpa’s Proclamation: the rise and decline of the Bön religion in Tibet
The present volume contains the first complete translation of a Tibetan text entitled Drakpa Lingdrak (bsGrags pa gling grags, or GLG), dating, in all probability, from the second half of the 12th century C.E. Drenpa’s Proclamation, is the earliest known coherent account, told from the perspective o...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Kathmandu, Nepal
Vajra Books
2023
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Vajra academic (Vol. 3)
Year: 2023 |
Series/Journal: | Vajra academic
Vol. 3 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tibet 1931-2010
/ Bonpo
/ Lamaism
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Further subjects: | B
Bon (Tibetan religion)
B Spring 1100-1200 B Buddhism B China - Tibet Autonomous Region B Bon (Tibetan religion) - China - Tibet Autonomous Region - History B Bon (Tibetan religion) (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) (History) B Buddhism (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) History B History B Buddhism - China - Tibet Autonomous Region - History |
Summary: | The present volume contains the first complete translation of a Tibetan text entitled Drakpa Lingdrak (bsGrags pa gling grags, or GLG), dating, in all probability, from the second half of the 12th century C.E. Drenpa’s Proclamation, is the earliest known coherent account, told from the perspective of the Bon religion, of how and why it came to pass that Buddhism was introduced into Tibet during the Tibetan Empire (a period that ended in 842 C.E.). Bon emerged in the 10th-11th century C.E. in Central Tibet, in the context of the ‘Later Propagation’ of Buddhism in Tibet in the same period, but was viewed by its adherents as distinct from Buddhism and as having flourished in Tibet for centuries before the advent of Buddhism. It contains unique insight into how Tibetans in the 12th century envisaged the religion of their ancestors, and a wealth of information about cosmological, mythological, and ritual topics |
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Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 541-588 und Indexe |
ISBN: | 9937733308 |