Power Objects in Tibetan Buddhism : The Life, Writings, and Legacy of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation, Critical Apparatus, and Transliteration -- Map: Places Important in the Life and Legacy of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen (1552-1624) -- Introduction -- Objects That Matter -- Object-Person Interactions in Theory and Practice -- PART 1 Objects in Narrative -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1 In the Vicinity of Things-Substance, Violence, and Power in the Milieu of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen (1552-1624) -- Introduction -- The Shifting Tides of Clerical Influence and Authority: Religion, Politics, and Materiality in the Time of Sokdokpa -- Sokdokpa's Influences and Milieu: Violent Rites, Brahmin Flesh, and Other Object-oriented Bonds -- Treasure Revealer Zhikpo Lingpa: Political Leader of Nangtsé and Guru of Sokdokpa -- Sokdokpa's Influences from the Frontier: The Mön Treasure Revealers Yongdzin Ngawang Drakpa and Tuksé Dawa Gyeltsen -- Reflections on the Convergence of Political Power, Ritual, and Substance in Sokdokpa's Milieu -- 2 Prowess and Persona in the Wielding of Things-Exorcisms, Objects, and Insights in the Life and Literary Career of a Mongol-repelling Scholar-Adept -- The Spiritual and Material Life of an Exorcist Yogi -- A Literature of Precedent, Protection, and Perfection: The Writings of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen -- Apologia and Theory -- Narrative -- Liturgy and Ritual Commentary -- Rhetoric of an Exorcist: The Construction of Sokdokpa's Public Identity -- Persuasion, Cynicism, and Deceit in Sokdokpa's Use of Prophecy -- Righteousness, Infamy, and Authority in Ritual Prowess -- Personal Qualifications for Ritual Prowess -- Final Reflections on Sokdokpa's Rhetoric in the 'History' -- PART 2 Objects in Theory and Practice -- 3 Controversies over Things-Drawing, Blurring, and Crossing Boundaries -- Introduction -- Visionary Glimpses -- Powerful Speech -- Amulet Practice.

Brahmin Flesh and Other "Liberating" Edibles -- Concluding Remarks -- 4 Things in Action and the Actions of Things-A Dynamic Ontology of Ritual Objects -- Introduction -- Sokdokpa's Matters of Concern -- Incorporation, Contact, and Ingestion in Pill Practices -- Brahmin Flesh: Discourse, Performance, and Consumption -- Mediated Origins, Hybrid Ingredients -- Multimedia Ritual Accomplishment -- Deity Yoga in the Creation of Self and Other -- Pills as "Catalysts" and "Vehicles" -- Ambrosia: Medicinal Concoction and Tantric Sacrament -- Edible Concoctions of Power: Common Patterns -- The Efficacy of Ambrosia Ingredients: Categories and Homologies -- The Orthopraxy of Aesthetic Criteria -- Knowledge and its Consequences -- Artifacts of Violence, Substances of Danger -- The Contagion of Danger and Death -- The Orthopraxy of Violence -- Materializing and Mastering Unseen Forces -- Violent Outbursts, the Call to Collective Action, and Other Publicly Observable Aspects of Efficacy -- "Signs" of Success and Their Signified Outcomes -- Creating the Self through Killing the Other -- Concluding Remarks on Enemy-oriented Rites -- Vision, Exegesis, and Touch in the Use of Initiation Substances and Introduction Props -- Materiality and Meaning in the Nine-Vehicle Initiation Ritual -- The Visual and Tactile Reception of Objects -- The Communicative Competency of Things -- Substance and Sign in the Complex Semiotics of Objects -- In the Mirror of Mind: Sense and Semiosis in a Mind-Nature Introduction Liturgy -- Materiality and Meaning in the Use of Initiation Substance -- Artifacts in the Rapprochement of Subject-Object Duality -- Iconicity and Exegesis in the Semiosis of Props -- Final Reflections on Sokdokpa's Ritual Ethos -- PART 3 Aftereffects -- 5 Continuities and Contentions over Things-The Legacy of Sokdokpa and the Material Links of Political Authority.

Introduction -- The Legacy of Sokdokpa and His Milieu in the Writings of the Fifth Dalai Lama -- The Legacy of Sokdokpa and His Milieu Among Tibet's Old School Lineages -- The Legacy of Sokdokpa and His Milieu in the "Hidden Land" of Sikkim -- Vase Water That Liberates upon Tasting -- The Black King Kang Yamāntaka Effigy Burial Rite -- Contemporary Sikkimese Scholarship -- Final Reflections -- Final Considerations -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Power Objects in Tibetan Buddhism: The Life, Writings, and Legacy of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen, James Duncan Gentry explores how objects of power figure in Tibetan Buddhist societies through a study of the life of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen (1552-1624).

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