Dreaming the Great Brahmin : Tibetan traditions of the Buddhist poet-saint Saraha
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書誌事項
Dreaming the Great Brahmin : Tibetan traditions of the Buddhist poet-saint Saraha
Oxford University Press, 2005
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注記
Includes translations from Tibetan
Includes a full translation of the Doha Verses and Chomden Raldri's Tibetan commentary (Do ha rgyan gyi me tog)
Bibliography: p. [209]-224
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Dreaming the Great Brahmin explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art, ritual, and even dream visions. The first comprehensive cultural and literary history of the well-known Indian Buddhist poet saint Saraha, known as the Great Brahmin, this book argues that we should view Saraha not as the founder of a tradition, but rather as its product. Kurtis Schaeffer shows how images, tales, and teachings of Saraha were
transmitted, transformed, and created by members of diverse Buddhist traditions in Tibet, India, Nepal, and Mongolia. The result is that there is not one Great Brahmin, but many. More broadly, Schaeffer argues that the immense importance of saints for Buddhism is best understood by looking at the creative
adaptations of such figures that perpetuated their fame, for it is there that these saints come to life.
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