The Resource Travels in the netherworld : Buddhist popular narratives of death and the afterlife in Tibet, Bryan J. Cuevas
Travels in the netherworld : Buddhist popular narratives of death and the afterlife in Tibet, Bryan J. Cuevas
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- Summary
- "In Travels in the Netherworld, Bryan J. Cuevas examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the delok, ordinary men and women who claim to have died, traveled through hell, and then returned from the afterlife. These narratives enjoy audiences ranging from the most sophisticated monastic scholars to pious townsfolk, villagers, and nomads. Their accounts emphasize the universal Buddhist principles of impermanence and worldly suffering, the fluctuations of karma, and the feasibility of obtaining a favorable rebirth through virtue and merit. Providing a clear, detailed analysis of four vivid return-from-death tales, including the stories of a Tibetan housewife, a lama, a young noblewoman, and a Buddhist monk, Cuevas argues that these narratives express ideas about death and the afterlife that held wide currency among all classes of faithful Buddhists in Tibet." "Relying on a diversity of traditional Tibetan sources, Buddhist canonical scriptures, scholastic textbooks, ritual and meditations manuals, and medical treatises, in addition to the delok works themselves, Cuevas surveys a broad range of popular Tibetan Buddhist ideas about death and dying. He explores beliefs about the vulnerability of the soul and its journey beyond death, karmic retribution and the terrors of hell, the nature of demons and demonic possession, ghosts, and reanimated corpses. Cuevas argues that these extraordinary accounts exhibit flexibility between social and religious categories that are conventionally polarized and concludes that, contrary to the accepted wisdom, such rigid divisions as elite and golk, monastic and lay religion are not sufficiently representative of traditional Tibetan Buddhism on the ground. This study offers innovative perspectives on popular religion in Tibet and fills a gap in an important field of Tibetan literature."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 199 pages
- Contents
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- To hell and back
- Travels of a Tibetan housewife
- A lama in distress
- The return of a noble young lady
- A ghost in monk's robes
- Storytellers
- Isbn
- 9780195341164
- Label
- Travels in the netherworld : Buddhist popular narratives of death and the afterlife in Tibet
- Title
- Travels in the netherworld
- Title remainder
- Buddhist popular narratives of death and the afterlife in Tibet
- Statement of responsibility
- Bryan J. Cuevas
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Travels in the Netherworld, Bryan J. Cuevas examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the delok, ordinary men and women who claim to have died, traveled through hell, and then returned from the afterlife. These narratives enjoy audiences ranging from the most sophisticated monastic scholars to pious townsfolk, villagers, and nomads. Their accounts emphasize the universal Buddhist principles of impermanence and worldly suffering, the fluctuations of karma, and the feasibility of obtaining a favorable rebirth through virtue and merit. Providing a clear, detailed analysis of four vivid return-from-death tales, including the stories of a Tibetan housewife, a lama, a young noblewoman, and a Buddhist monk, Cuevas argues that these narratives express ideas about death and the afterlife that held wide currency among all classes of faithful Buddhists in Tibet." "Relying on a diversity of traditional Tibetan sources, Buddhist canonical scriptures, scholastic textbooks, ritual and meditations manuals, and medical treatises, in addition to the delok works themselves, Cuevas surveys a broad range of popular Tibetan Buddhist ideas about death and dying. He explores beliefs about the vulnerability of the soul and its journey beyond death, karmic retribution and the terrors of hell, the nature of demons and demonic possession, ghosts, and reanimated corpses. Cuevas argues that these extraordinary accounts exhibit flexibility between social and religious categories that are conventionally polarized and concludes that, contrary to the accepted wisdom, such rigid divisions as elite and golk, monastic and lay religion are not sufficiently representative of traditional Tibetan Buddhism on the ground. This study offers innovative perspectives on popular religion in Tibet and fills a gap in an important field of Tibetan literature."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cuevas, Bryan J.
- Dewey number
- 294.3/423
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BQ4487
- LC item number
- .C84 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Death
- Buddhism
- Near-death experiences
- Label
- Travels in the netherworld : Buddhist popular narratives of death and the afterlife in Tibet, Bryan J. Cuevas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-192) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- To hell and back -- Travels of a Tibetan housewife -- A lama in distress -- The return of a noble young lady -- A ghost in monk's robes -- Storytellers
- Control code
- 167503376
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 199 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195341164
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 2007034720
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)167503376
- Label
- Travels in the netherworld : Buddhist popular narratives of death and the afterlife in Tibet, Bryan J. Cuevas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-192) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- To hell and back -- Travels of a Tibetan housewife -- A lama in distress -- The return of a noble young lady -- A ghost in monk's robes -- Storytellers
- Control code
- 167503376
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 199 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195341164
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 2007034720
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)167503376
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