"Religions of Tibet in Practice" by edited Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Religions of Tibet in Practice is the fourth volume of Princeton Readings in Religion and the first substantial anthology of Tibetan religious literature to appear in English. The seventeen contributors are leading scholars of the religions of Tibet, each of whom has provided one or more translations of key works, most of which are translated here for the first time. The works they have translated here represent many genres; they are drawn from a millenium of Tibetan history and from many regions of the Tibetan cultural domain.


The thirty-six chapters are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world, past and present, offering works heretofore unknown.
The chapters are organized thematically under five headings: Accounts of Time and Place, Remarkable Lives, Rites and Techniques, Prayers and Sermons, and Dealing with Death and Other Demons. They juxtapose materials from different sects, historical periods, and geographical regions in an attempt to broaden the range of what we understand the religious practices of Tibet to encompass.
Each chapter contains a translation and a substantial yet accessible introduction by a leading scholar of Tibetan religions. Religions of Tibet in Practice represents the largest sourcebook on Tibetan religions ever assembled, a work of great value to scholars, students, and general readers.

CONTENTS
Princeton Readings in Religions
Note on Transliteration
Contributors
Introduction • Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

Accounts of Time and Place
1. Gesar of Ling • Robin Kornman
2. The Royal Way of Supreme Compassion • Matthew Kapstein
3. A Tribal History • Robin Kornman
4. Bon Rescues Dharma • Per Kvaerne
5. The Guide to the Crystal Peak • Matthew Kapstein
6. Guidebook to Lapchi • Toni Huber

Remarkable Lives
7. The Life of Tilopa • Nalanda Translation Committee
8. Atisa's Journey to Tibet • Hubert Decker
9. The Journey to the Golden Mountain • Matthew Kapstein
10. A Quest for "The Path and Result" • Cyrus Stearns
11. The Yogin Lorepa's Retreat at Lake Namtso • Nalanda Translation Committee
12. Memories of a Past Life • David Templeman

Rites and Techniques
13. A Rite of Empowerment • Richard J. Kohn
14. The Horseback Consecration Ritual • Yael Bentor
15. An Offering of Torma • Richard J. Kohn
16. A n Avalokitesvara Sadhana • Janet Gyatso
17. A Fasting Ritual • Roger Jackson
18. Food, Clothes, Dreams, and Karmic Propensities • David Germano
19. The Elements, Insanity, and Lettered Subjectivity • David Germano
20. The Regulations of a Monastery • Jose lgnacio Cabezon

Prayers and Sermons
21. The Sermon of an Itinerant Saint • Matthew Kapstein
22. From the Autobiography of a Visionary • Janet Gyatso
23. A Prayer to the Lama • Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
24. A Prayer to the God of the Plain • Richard J. Kohn
25. Invocations to Two Bon Deities • Per Kvaerne
26. A Smoke Purification Song • Nalanda Translation Committee
27. Daily Prayers • Nalanda Translation Committee

Dealing with Death and Other Demons
28. Mindfulness of Death • Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
29. A Prayer for Deliverance from Rebirth • Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
30. Dying, Death, and Other Opportunities • David Germano
31. Cards for the Dead • Per Kvaerne
32. Returning from Hell • Trancoise Pommaret
33. Exorcising Demons with a Buddhist Sutra • Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
34. Turning Back Gossip • Matthew Kapstein
35. Hail Protection • Anne C. Klein and Khetsun Sangpo
36. A Prayer Flag for Tara • Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Index

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