1st Edition
Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism
By Will Tuladhar-Douglas
Copyright 2006
256 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in the fifteenth century in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. He provides the basis for the historical study of Newar Buddhism as one distinct tradition among the many that comprise Indic Buddhism. Through a thorough study of the... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Form, Genre and Dating 3. Authority and Insecurity 4. Historical Considerations 5. Amoghapasa and the Posadha Vrata 6. Conclusion
Biography
Will Tuladhar-Douglas lectures in the history and anthropology of religion at the University of Aberdeen, and is Director of the Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research. He has conducted fieldwork in Newar, Tibetan and Western cities and monasteries and published articles on Himalayan history and rituals, religion and technology, and Buddhism.
