1st Edition
The Biographies of Rechungpa The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography
By Peter Alan Roberts
Copyright 2007
308 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries.
Peter Alan Roberts compares significant episodes in the life of Rechungpa as portrayed in a succession of texts,... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Biographies 3. The Evolution of Milarepa’s Biography 4. Rechungpa’s Childhood 5. A Sick Rechungpa Goes to India 6. Rechungpa is Sent to India for the Teaching of the Bodiless Dakini 7. Rechungpa Obtains the Teachings of the Bodiless Dakini 8. Rechungpa’s Return and the Yak Horn that was too Small 9. Rechungpa’s Later Years
Biography
Peter Alan Roberts is a writer, translator and interpreter. He was born in South Wales, received his doctorate in Tibetan Studies at the University of Oxford, and worked as a Tibetan translator at Samye Ling Centre in Scotland. He presently lives in Hollywood, California.
