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Śāntideva's eighth-century work, the Guide to Bodhisattva Practice (Bodhicaryāvatāra), is known for its eminently practical instructions and its psychologically vivid articulations of the Mahāyāna path. It is a powerful, succinct poem into which are woven diverse Buddhist traditions of moral transformation, meditative cultivation, and philosophical insight. Since its composition, it has seen continuous use as a ritual, contemplative, and philosophical manual, making it one of the crucial texts of the Buddhist ethical and philosophical tradition.This book serves as a companion to this Indian Buddhist classic. The fifteen essays contained here illuminate the Guide's many philosophical, literary, ritual, and ethical dimensions. Distinguished scholars discuss the historical significance of the text as an innovative piece of Indian literature, illuminate the important roles it played in shaping Buddhism in Tibet, and bring to light its contemporary significance for philosophy and psychology. Whether experienced or first-time students of Buddhist literature, readers will find compelling new approaches to this resonant masterpiece.

Mahayana Buddhism --- RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan. --- Doctrines. --- Śāntideva,

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In 1937, Theos Casimir Bernard (1908-1947), the self-proclaimed "White Lama," became the third American in history to reach Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. During his stay, he amassed the largest collection of Tibetan texts, art, and artifacts in the Western hemisphere at that time. He also documented, in both still photography and 16mm film, the age-old civilization of Tibet on the eve of its destruction by Chinese Communists. Based on thousands of primary sources and rare archival materials, Theos Bernard, the White Lama recounts the real story behind the purported adventures of this iconic figure and his role in the growth of America's religious counterculture. Over the course of his brief life, Bernard met, associated, and corresponded with the major social, political, and cultural leaders of his day, from the Regent and high politicians of Tibet to saints, scholars, and diplomats of British India, from Charles Lindbergh and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Gandhi and Nehru. Although hailed as a brilliant pioneer by the media, Bernard also had his flaws. He was an entrepreneur propelled by grandiose schemes, a handsome man who shamelessly used his looks to bounce from rich wife to rich wife in support of his activities, and a master manipulator who concocted his own interpretation of Eastern wisdom to suit his ends. Bernard had a bright future before him, but disappeared in India during the communal violence of the 1947 Partition, never to be seen again.Through diaries, interviews, and previously unstudied documents, Paul G. Hackett shares Bernard's compelling life story, along with his efforts to awaken America's religious counterculture to the unfolding events in India, the Himalayas, and Tibet. Hackett concludes with a detailed geographical and cultural trace of Bernard's Indian and Tibetan journeys, which shed rare light on the explorer's mysterious disappearance.

Yogis --- Scholars --- Savants --- Biography --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Biographie --- Bernard, Theos, --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Religion --- Yoga --- Bernard, Theos Casimir Hamati, --- RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan.

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This book offers the first in-depth examination of the life and writings of Lama Zhang (1122-1193), key figure in the 'Tibetan renaissance.' Controversial, larger-than-life, already revered as a literary innovator and tantric meditation master, Zhang entered public life in mid-career and forged a new model of rulership and religious community that would set the standard for later religious rulers of Lhasa—most notably the Dalai Lamas. The focus of the model was the tantric hermit who comes down from the mountains and sustains a worldly community through his mastery of space, time, and symbol. The subject is approached through a complex of related issues: lineage and tradition-formation, charisma and hegemony, literary genre, textual economy, and the politics of tantra.

Bkaʼ-rgyud-pa lamas --- Buddhism and politics --- RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan --- Buddhism --- Politics and Buddhism --- Political science --- Bkaʾ-brgyud-pa priests --- Lamas --- History. --- Political aspects --- Źaṅ Gʹyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-gʹyuṅ-druṅ, --- Źaṅ Gʹyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-grags-pa, --- Zhaṅ Gyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-grags-pa, --- Zhaṅ Brtson-ʼgrus-grags-pa, --- Bla-ma Źaṅ Gʹyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-gʹyuṅ-druṅ, --- Gʹyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-gʹyun-druṅ, Źaṅ, --- Brtson-ʼgrus-gʹyuṅ-druṅ, Źaṅ Gʹyu-brag-pa, --- Brtson-ʼgrus-grags-pa, Źaṅ Gʹyu-brag-pa, --- Zhang Yudrakpa Tsöndru Drakpa, --- Gungtang Lama Zhang, --- Lama Zhang, --- Źaṅ Gʹyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-gʹyuṅ-druṅ, - 1123-1193. --- Zhang Gʹyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʼgrus-gʹyung-drung,