Jacob P. Dalton is assistant professor of Tibetan Buddhist studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Taking two early Tibetan texts as his starting point, Jacob Dalton explores the ways in which violence has been integral to the development of Tibetan Buddhism. Paying particular attention to the so-called age of fragmentation, Tibet's dark age that spanned from 842 to 986 C.E., he draws on previously unstudied manuscripts discovered in the famous "library cave" near Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road. These demonstrate how this supposedly inactive period in Tibetan history was in fact crucial to the Tibetan assimilation of Buddhism, and particularly to the spread of the violent themes of tantric Buddhism, at both the local and popular levels. From the late tenth century onward, this period and its mythic and ritual themes of violence, demon taming, and blood sacrifice came to play important symbolic roles in Tibetan history and politics. Despite its reputation as a tradition utterly opposed to violence, Tibetan Buddhism has long been haunted by violent rituals and imaginative associations. The resulting history challenges our own tendencies to romanticize or demonize the rich and ancient culture of Tibet.
發表於2024-12-23
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圖書標籤: 寜瑪派 藏傳佛教 宗教暴力 佛教 Dalton TibetanBuddhism 翻過 AHVS
挺有趣的。從rudra myth入手,輔以敦煌文本的研究,討論tantric buddhism中violence的各種形式與發展曆史。 但是好像沒有清楚解答為什麼要violent?隻看到他說tantric practice比較符閤西藏當時的社會需要.....
評分挺有趣的。從rudra myth入手,輔以敦煌文本的研究,討論tantric buddhism中violence的各種形式與發展曆史。 但是好像沒有清楚解答為什麼要violent?隻看到他說tantric practice比較符閤西藏當時的社會需要.....
評分self demonizing and the demonizing of the others
評分挺有趣的。從rudra myth入手,輔以敦煌文本的研究,討論tantric buddhism中violence的各種形式與發展曆史。 但是好像沒有清楚解答為什麼要violent?隻看到他說tantric practice比較符閤西藏當時的社會需要.....
評分挺有趣的。從rudra myth入手,輔以敦煌文本的研究,討論tantric buddhism中violence的各種形式與發展曆史。 但是好像沒有清楚解答為什麼要violent?隻看到他說tantric practice比較符閤西藏當時的社會需要.....
The Taming of the Demons 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載