Matthew T. (Hrsg.) Kapstein

Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang: Rites and Teachings for This Life and Beyond

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Drawing a wide variety of texts and images from Dunhuang, the six original contributions to this collection advance our understanding of the development of Esoteric Buddhism in late first millennium Tibet and China. Ritual, philosophy, and mortuary practice are among the topics considered.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Van Schaik, Sam (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-90-04-18203-5
EAN: 9789004182035
Produktnummer: 6798221
Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 252 S.
Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.3 cm 522 g
Reihenbandnummer: 25
Gewicht: 522

Über den Autor

Matthew T. Kapstein is director of Tibetan Religious Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris) and Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Chicago. His recent books include The Tibetans (Oxford 2006) and an edited volume, Buddhism Between Tibet and China (Boston 2009). Sam van Schaik is a Senior Researcher for the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library. Recent publications include the book Approaching the Great Perfection (Wisdom 2004) and Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang (Brill 2006). His current project, sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust, concerns the palaeography of manuscripts from Dunhuang.