Gamble, Ruth: Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism

The Third Karmapa and the Invention of a Tradition
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Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism examines how the third Karmapa hierarch, Rangjung Dorjé (1284-1339) transformed reincarnation from a belief into a Tibetan tradition. It surveys his life through the portal of his previously untranslated autobiographical stories and songs, which reveal how his contribution to this tradition's invention.

ISBN: 978-0-19-069077-9
GTIN: 9780190690779

Über den Autor Gamble, Ruth

Ruth Gamble is a cultural and environmental historian of Tibet and the Himalaya. She received her Ph.D. from the Australian National University in 2014, and previously held a one-year post-doctoral position at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. Before entering academia, she worked as a journalist and an interpreter in Australia, Japan and India. She is now a David Myers Fellow at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.

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