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The Life of the Madman of U.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190244040
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Life of the Madman of UDDC classification:
  • 294.3923092
LOC classification:
  • BQ968.U623.D583 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The Life of the Madman of Ü -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Note -- Introduction -- Part I: by Nyukla Peṇchen Ngawang Drakpa, 1494 -- 1. Life before Monkhood -- 2. Early Training -- 3. Meditation -- 4. Taking on the Observance -- 5. Teaching -- Part II: by Lhatong Lotsāwa Shényen Namgyel, 1537 -- 6. Further Activities -- 7. Triumph over Saṃsāra -- 8. Further Practice and Teaching -- 9. Death -- Epilogue: The Madman of Ü's Legacy -- Notes -- Personal and Place Names -- Tibetan Texts Referred to in the Biography -- Works Cited -- Index.
Summary: The Life of the Madman of Ü is a complete English translation of the biography of the Tibetan Buddhist ascetic Künga Zangpo (1458-1532), who was renowned for adopting an extreme and unique form of tantric asceticism.
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Cover -- The Life of the Madman of Ü -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Note -- Introduction -- Part I: by Nyukla Peṇchen Ngawang Drakpa, 1494 -- 1. Life before Monkhood -- 2. Early Training -- 3. Meditation -- 4. Taking on the Observance -- 5. Teaching -- Part II: by Lhatong Lotsāwa Shényen Namgyel, 1537 -- 6. Further Activities -- 7. Triumph over Saṃsāra -- 8. Further Practice and Teaching -- 9. Death -- Epilogue: The Madman of Ü's Legacy -- Notes -- Personal and Place Names -- Tibetan Texts Referred to in the Biography -- Works Cited -- Index.

The Life of the Madman of Ü is a complete English translation of the biography of the Tibetan Buddhist ascetic Künga Zangpo (1458-1532), who was renowned for adopting an extreme and unique form of tantric asceticism.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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