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050 00 $aBQ4485$b.G36 2018
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100 1 $aGamble, Ruth,$d1972-$eauthor.
245 10 $aReincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism :$bthe Third Karmapa and the invention of a tradition /$cRuth Gamble.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c[2018]
300 $axv, 322 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism examines how the third Karmapa hierarch, Rangjung Dorjé (1284-1339) transformed reincarnation from a belief into a Tibetan tradition. It surveys his life through the portal of his previously untranslated autobiographical stories and songs, which reveal the reincarnation tradition's rudiments. They include Rangjung Dorjé's synthesis of the first three Karmapas' biographies and past-life stories (jātaka), upon which the later tradition was reliant. An analysis of these works shows how they used different strategies to authorize the Karmapas' reincarnate status: they presented the Karmapa reincarnates as an extension of the Kagyü religious lineage, evoked well-known precedents of reincarnation, and highlighted the recognition they received from religious and secular hierarchs, including the Mongol Emperor. This analysis also emphasizes the important role local communities played in maintaining the Karmapas' institutions, and how Rangjung Dorjé sort this support by living in the same sacred sites as his predecessors. Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism argues, furthermore, that all of these elements of the tradition worked together; the stories of the Karmapas' lives enhanced Rangjung Dorjé's authority, which helped to sanctify the sites in which he lived, and this, in turn, elicited more support from local communities, who then continued to tell his multi-life narrative. At the beginning of Rangjung Dorjé's life, no one had gone looking for a new Karmapa. But his skill in storytelling, and the elite and community support that he cultivated during his life meant that after he died, many expected his return"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : The Karmapas' Journey to Xanadu -- The Elements of Reincarnation. Lifetimes -- Lineages -- Communities -- Landscapes -- The Journey of a Lifetime. From Death to Childhood -- From Latö to Tsurpu -- Into the Mountains -- Between Kongpo and Xanadu -- Conclusion : The Karmapas' Estate -- Appendix. Notes on Rangjung Dorjé's Autobiographies and Biographies .
600 00 $aRang-byung-rdo-rje,$cKarma-pa III,$d1284-1339.
600 07 $aRang-byung-rdo-rje,$cKarma-pa III,$d1284-1339.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01459285
650 0 $aReincarnation$xBuddhism.
650 0 $aBuddhism$zTibet Region$xHistory.
650 7 $aRELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Asia / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBuddhism.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00840028
650 7 $aReincarnation$xBuddhism.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01093409
651 7 $aChina$zTibet Region.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919566
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
852 00 $beal$hBQ4485$i.G36 2018