Love letters from Golok : a tantric couple in modern Tibet

Love letters from Golok : a tantric couple in modern Tibet /

Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters exchanged from 1978 to 1980, Tare Lhamo and Nam...

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Main Author: Gayley, Holly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016
Subjects:
Tā-re Bde-chen-lha-mo, > Mkhaʼ-ʼgro Rin-po-che > Correspondence.
O-rgyan-ʼjigs-med-nam-mkhaʼ-gling-pa, > Rin-po-che, > 1944-2011 > Correspondence.
Buddhists > China > Golog Zangzu Zizhizhou > Correspondence.
Rnying-ma-pa (Sect) > China > Golog Zangzu Zizhizhou.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration and Translation
  • Introduction: Journey to Golok
  • 1. Daughter of Golok: Tāre Lhamo's Life and Context
  • 2. Local Heroine: The Hagiography of Cultural Trauma
  • 3. Inseparable Companions: A Buddhist Courtship and Correspondence
  • 4. Emissaries of Padmasambhava: Tibetan Treasures and Healing Trauma
  • 5. A Tantric Couple: The Hagiography of Cultural Revitalization
  • Epilogue: The Legacy of a Tantric Couple
  • Appendix A: Catalogue of the Letters of Namtrul Rinpoche
  • Appendix B: Catalogue of the Letters of Tāre Lhamo
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Tibetan Names
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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