Tibetan Renaissance: Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan CultureColumbia University Press, 2005 - 596 pagina's 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 institutions. Many translators achieved the de facto status of feudal lords and while not always loyal to their Buddhist vows, these figures helped solidify political power in the hands of religious authorities and began a process that led to the Dalai Lama's theocracy. Davidson's vivid portraits of the monks, priests, popular preachers, yogins, and aristocratic clans who changed Tibetan society and culture further enhance his perspectives on the tensions and transformations that characterized medieval Tibet. |
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Early Medieval India and the Esoteric Rhapsody | 22 |
SOCIOPOLITICAL INDIA IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD | 24 |
THE BUDDHIST EXPERIENCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ESOTERIC BUDDHISM | 28 |
SIDDHAS AND THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY | 32 |
TANTRIC LITERATURE AND RITUAL | 34 |
THE GREAT PANDITA GOES NATIVE | 44 |
MR UGLY COMES TO TOWN | 49 |
HAGIOGRAPHY LINEAGE AND TRANSMISSION | 54 |
GIVE ME THAT OLDTIME RELIGION | 232 |
RIGPA | 235 |
THE ABSENT IMPERIUM AS AN ETERNAL TREASURE | 242 |
The Late Eleventh Century From Esoteric Lineages to Clan Temples | 244 |
PADAMPA AND HIS ZHICHE | 245 |
POPULAR EXPRESSIONS AND A ZEAL TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE | 249 |
THE LATEELEVENTHCENTURY INTELLECTUAL EFFLORESCENCE | 257 |
DROKMIs LEGACY AND THE NEXT GENERATION | 263 |
EMERGING INDIAN RITUALS | 59 |
The Demise of Dynasty and a Poorly Lit Path | 61 |
GOOD INTENTIONS AT THE END OF THE EMPIRE | 62 |
FLIGHT IN THE DARK LIGHT IN THE TOMBS | 66 |
RELIGION ON AN UNEVEN PATH | 72 |
CLANS IN THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES | 80 |
A CHANGE OF FORTUNE IN TIBET | 83 |
Renaissance and Reformation The Eastern Vinaya Monks | 84 |
IN PURSUIT OF VIRTUE IN THE NORTHEAST | 86 |
TO CENTRAL TIBET ON A MISSION FROM BUDDHA | 92 |
CONFLICT ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD | 105 |
WEST TIBET AND THE KADAMPA CONNECTION | 108 |
HISTORY AS THE VICTORY OF GREAT IDEAS AND GOOD ORGANIZATION | 112 |
A TRADITION UNDER THE IMPERIAL SHADOW | 115 |
Translators as the New Aristocracy | 117 |
MANTRINS AND MOTIVATION FOR NEW TRANSLATIONS | 119 |
TRANSHIMALAYAN CORONATION | 122 |
THE CURIOUS CAREER OF RALO DORJEDRAK | 129 |
TANTRIC ACTION IN PRACTICE | 136 |
THE MYSTERIOUS MASTER MARPA | 141 |
GRAY TEXTS NEW TRANSLATION APOCRYPHA AND ZHAMA CHOKYI GYELPO | 148 |
THE INVENTION OF NEOCONSERVATIVE ORTHODOXY | 151 |
THE CULT AND CULTURE OF KNOWLEDGE | 155 |
THE TRANSLATOR AS PROMETHEUS | 157 |
Drokmi The Doyen of Central Tibetan Translators | 161 |
THE NOMADIC TRANSLATOR | 163 |
DROKMI IN INDIA | 169 |
AN EVENTUAL RETURN TO TIBET | 174 |
GAYADHARA AND THE OTHER PANDITAS | 178 |
DROKMIs WORK AND THE ORIGIN OF THE ROOT TEXT OF THE MARGAPHALA | 183 |
THE CONTENTS OF THE ROOT TEXT OF THE MARGAPHALA | 189 |
THE EIGHT SUBSIDIARY CYCLES OF PRACTICE | 194 |
DROKMIs OTHER TRANSLATIONS | 204 |
FALLIBLE CHARACTERS WITH LITERARY GENIUS | 208 |
Treasure Texts the Imperial Legacy and the Great Perfection | 210 |
BURIED TREASURES AMID THE RUBBLE OF EMPIRE | 211 |
THE HIDDEN IMPERIAL PERSON | 217 |
TERMA IN THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CENTURIES | 224 |
THE KHON CLAN MYTHOLOGY AND SAKYA BEGINNINGS AS A CLAN TEMPLE | 267 |
NEW BEGINNINGS IN THE WAKE OF THE TRANSLATORS | 274 |
The Early Twelfth Century A Confident Tibetan Buddhism | 276 |
THE KADAMPA INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY | 278 |
THE KALACAKRA COMES OF AGE | 281 |
GAMPOPA AND THE KAGYUPA EFFLORESCENCE | 282 |
CHO AND THE ZHAMA LAMDRE | 290 |
SAKYA CRISIS AND CONTINUITY | 293 |
BARILOTSAWA AND THE RITUAL IMPERATIVE | 297 |
SACHEN AND THE ELEVEN COMMENTARIES | 303 |
SACHENS OTHER LITERARY LEGACY | 311 |
THE VIRUPA VISIONS AND THE KHON SHORT TRANSMISSION | 315 |
TIBETANS REFORMULATE THEIR RELIGION | 321 |
The Late Twelfth to Early Thirteenth Century Ethical Crises International Prestige and Institutional Maturation | 323 |
CONFLICT AND CRAZIES IN THE LATE TWELFTH CENTURY | 327 |
KAGYUPA MISSIONARY ACTIVITY AND THE TANGUTS | 332 |
SACHENS DISCIPLES SONS AND THE CONTINUITY OF TRADITION | 335 |
SONAM TSEMO | 338 |
DRAKPA GYELTSEN AND THE SAKYA INSTITUTION | 343 |
DREAMS REVELATION AND DEATH | 350 |
THE BROTHERS AS COMPLEMENTARY LITTERATEURS AND THE DOMESTICATION OF THE LAMDRE | 352 |
ESOTERIC CLARIFICATION AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE EXEGETICAL SYSTEM | 360 |
THE BUDDHIST CONTEXT AND EARLY SAKYA PEDAGOGICAL WORKS | 367 |
A SECURE SOURCE OF BUDDHIST SPIRITUALITY | 369 |
Conclusion and Epilogue The Victory of the Clan Structure Late Tantric Buddhism and the Neoconservative Vision | 371 |
Notes | 377 |
Glossary | 449 |
Tibetan Orthographic Equivalents | 453 |
EASTERN VINAYA TEMPLES CAVE TEMPLES AND RESIDENCES IN THE MIDELEVENTH CENTURY | 473 |
THE ROOT TEXT OF THE MARGAPHALA TRANSLATION AND EDITION OF THE LAM BRAS BU DANG BCAS PAT GDAMS NGAG DANG... | 477 |
CONCORDANCE OF AVAILABLE EARLY LAMBRAS COMMENTARIES TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURY | 489 |
Notes to Appendices | 493 |
NOTES TO THE EDITION | 511 |
Abbreviations | 519 |
Bibliography | 521 |
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