Pub Date: August 15, 2010
Dewey: B
Lexile Code: 0000
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.65" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 0.96 lbs) 294 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural and Social | History | Asia | South General | Religion | Buddhism | Sacred Writings | Cultural and Ethnic Studies | General | Tibetan | Biography and Autobiography | Regional Studies
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
Description:
This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries.