Crazy for Wisdom by Stefan Larsson
Best known today as the author of the Life of Milarepa, Tsangnyoen Heruka (1452-1507) was one of the most influential mad yogins of Tibet. Stefan Larsson's Crazy for Wisdom, describes Tsangnyoen Heruka's life, based on narratives by his disciples, and examines an unexpected aspect of fifteenth-century Tibetan Buddhist practice.-
Studying the Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur
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The Tibetan Policy of the PRC Government from 1949 to 1951
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Rolf Stein's Tibetica Antiqua
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Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang
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Buddhism and Empire
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Vision and Violence
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Opening the Hidden Land
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Long Lives and Untimely Deaths
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Lamas, Shamans and Ancestors
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Monastic and Lay Traditions in North-Eastern Tibet
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Peace and Conflict in Ladakh
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Power Objects in Tibetan Buddhism
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Nomads of Eastern Tibet
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Contributions to the Cultural History of Early Tibet
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Mahamudra in India and Tibet
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Homeland or Religion? Personal Identity Building in Zangskar, Indian Himalayas
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Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History
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Divination in Exile
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Effortless Spontaneity: The Dzogchen Commentaries by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe
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The Many Faces of King Gesar
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Knowledge and Context in Tibetan Medicine
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Spirit-mediums, Sacred Mountains and Related Bon Textual Traditions in Upper Tibet
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The Mardzong Manuscripts
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Taxation in Tibetan Societies: Rules, Practices and Discourses
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Ethnolinguistic Prehistory of the Eastern Himalaya
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The Words and World of Ge bcags Nunnery
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Art and Architecture in Ladakh
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Kailas Histories
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Tibetan Printing: Comparison, Continuities, and Change
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Social Regulation: Case Studies from Tibetan History
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Tibetan Inscriptions
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Enlightened Rainbows
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Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World
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The Archaeology of Tibetan Books
'The author is a knowledgeable and skilled translator, and his writing is clear and jargon-freeThe translations and expositions of the hagiographies are valuable because these works have not, to my knowledge, received extensive treatment elsewhere... all in all Larsson's book offers valuable information on an immensely important player in Tibet's pre-Ganden-Potrang religious culture, with promise for future scholarship. The volume should be seen as a fruitful beginning for a longer-term project.' Carl S. Yamamoto, Towson University, Himalaya XXXII (2012)
Stefan Larsson, Ph.D. (2009) in History of Religions, Stockholm University, is a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses upon the non-monastic and practice-oriented aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly as evidenced in Buddhist songs and biographical literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789004203938 |
| ISBN 10 | 9004203931 |
| Title | Crazy for Wisdom |
| Author | Stefan Larsson |
| Series | Brill's Tibetan Studies Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Year published | 2012-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 374 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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