series: Contributions to Tibetan Studies

The Life and Works of Karma ’phrin las pa (1456–1539)

Non­sectarian Scholar Mystic of Southern Tibet

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Among the so-called learned and accomplished masters of Tibet’s “long 15th century”, the First Karma ’phrin las pa stands out as influential commentator on Saraha’s Dohā, great poet, and key figure in the rise of Central Tibetan block printing workshops. …

Re-enacting the Past

A Cultural History of the School of gTsang smyon Heruka

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This book is devoted to the study of the so-called “School of gTsang smyon,” i.e. the religious community that gathered around the Tibetan master gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507). Looking at a broad range of historical sources and reconstructing the religious …