Remembering the Lotus-Born Remembering the Lotus-Born
Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism

Remembering the Lotus-Born

Padmasambhava in the History of Tibet's Golden Age

    • $16.99
    • $16.99

Publisher Description

Remembering the Lotus-Born sheds light on the work of Nyangrel Nyima Öser (1124–92), one of the most influential yet least known figures in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. His pivotal work, the Copper Island, is the story of how the Indian tantric master Padmasambhava brought Buddhism to the region. This work elevated Padmasambhava to central importance in Tibetan history, and made treasure revelation and recognized reincarnations among the institutions that still define Tibetan culture.

Tibetan and Western scholars alike have long assumed that the Copper Island Biography of Padmasambhava was originally presented as a treasure text (terma). However, investigating the sources of this narrative shows that rather than wholesale invention or simple revelation, the Copper Island was a product of the Tibetan assimilation and innovation of core Indian Buddhist literary traditions. These traditions were well known to Nyangrel, who is renowned as the first of the great Buddhist treasure revealers. Remembering the Lotus-Born takes an unprecedented look at Nyangrel’s work in the Copper Island, including his contributions to hagiography, reincarnation theory, treasure recovery, historiography.

Drawing all these threads together, it concludes by comparing all the available versions of Nyangrel’s Padmasambhava narrative to challenge long-held assumptions and clarify its origin and transmission.

It received an Honorable Mention from the E. Gene Smith Book Prize Competition in 2018 by the Association for Asian Studies.

GENRE
Religion & Spirituality
RELEASED
2016
25 October
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Wisdom Publications
SELLER
Simon and Schuster Australia Pty Ltd.
SIZE
8.2
MB

Other Books in This Series

Vajrayogini Vajrayogini
2013
How Do Madhyamikas Think? How Do Madhyamikas Think?
2016
Resurrecting Candrakirti Resurrecting Candrakirti
2015
Reason's Traces Reason's Traces
2013
Mipham's Beacon of Certainty Mipham's Beacon of Certainty
2013
Mind Seeing Mind Mind Seeing Mind
2019