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Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism
By Jacob Paul Dalton
"The Taming of the Demons" was published by Yale University Press in 2011 - New Haven, the book is classified in Religion genre, it has 311 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The Taming of the Demons” Metadata:
- Title: The Taming of the Demons
- Author: Jacob Paul Dalton
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 311
- Is Family Friendly: Yes - No Mature Content
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publish Date: 2011
- Publish Location: New Haven
- Genres: Religion
“The Taming of the Demons” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Tantric Buddhism - Violence - Gewalt - Opferritus - Vajrayāna - Tibetischer Buddhismus - Vajrayana - Buddhism - Religiösa aspekter - Våld - Dämon - Tantric buddhism - Violence, religious aspects - Buddhism, china, tibet autonomous region
- Places: China - Tibet
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: x, 311 pages :
Edition Identifiers:
- Google Books ID: DlC7KvwH0OQC
- The Open Library ID: OL25219134M - OL16527491W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 669269898
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2010042341
- ISBN-13: 9780300153927 - 9780300153958
- ISBN-10: 0300153929
- All ISBNs: 0300153929 - 9780300153927 - 9780300153958
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"The Taming of the Demons" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Evil and Ignorance in Tantric Buddhism
- 2- Demons in the Dark
- 3- A Buddhist Manual for Human Sacrifice?
- 4- Sacrifice and the Law
- 5- Foundational Violence
- 6- Buddhist Warfare
- 7- Conclusions: Violence in the Mirror
- 8- Appendix A. The Subjugation of Rudra
- 9- Appendix B. Dunhuang Liberation Rite (Transcription of PT42/ITJ419)
- 10- Appendix C. Dunhuang Liberation Rite II (Translation and Transliteration of PT840/1).
Snippets and Summary:
Taking as its starting point Tibet's so-called age of fragmentation (842 to 986 C.E.), the book draws on previously unstudied manuscripts discovered in the "library cave" near Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road.
"The Taming of the Demons" Description:
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The Taming of the Demons examines mythic and ritual themes of violence, demon taming, and blood sacrifice in Tibetan Buddhism. Taking as its starting point Tibet's so-called age of fragmentation (842 to 986 C.E.), the book draws on previously unstudied manuscripts discovered in the "library cave" near Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road. These ancient documents, it argues, demonstrate how this purportedly inactive period in Tibetan history was in fact crucial to the Tibetan assimilation of Buddhism, and particularly to the spread of violent themes from tantric Buddhism into Tibet at the local and the popular levels. Having shed light on this "dark age" of Tibetan history, the second half of the book turns to how, from the late tenth century onward, the period came to play a vital symbolic role in Tibet, as a violent historical "other" against which the Tibetan Buddhist tradition defined itself. -- Georges Dreyfus
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The Taming of the Demons examines mythic and ritual themes of violence, demon taming, and blood sacrifice in Tibetan Buddhism. Taking as its starting point Tibet’s so-called age of fragmentation (842 to 986 C.E.), the book draws on previously unstudied manuscripts discovered in the “library cave” near Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road. These ancient documents, it argues, demonstrate how this purportedly inactive period in Tibetan history was in fact crucial to the Tibetan assimilation of Buddhism, and particularly to the spread of violent themes from tantric Buddhism into Tibet at the local and the popular levels. Having shed light on this “dark age” of Tibetan history, the second half of the book turns to how, from the late tenth century onward, the period came to play a vital symbolic role in Tibet, as a violent historical “other” against which the Tibetan Buddhist tradition defined itself
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