Princeton University Press, Date: 1999-11-01. Paperback. Good. some underlining - minor wear to cover - minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents - enjoy 1999. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691009481 9780691009483 [US]

ISBN10: 0691009481, ISBN13: 9780691009483, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
[Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

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Paperback / softback. New. Offers an investigation into what is known in Tibet as 'secret autobiography', a literary genre that presents an exploration of religious experiences. This book translates and studies the autobiographies by a Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730 - 1798). ISBN 0691009481 9780691009483 [GB]

ISBN10: 0691009481, ISBN13: 9780691009483, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Offers an investigation into what is known in Tibet as 'secret autobiography', a literary genre that presents an exploration of religious experiences. This book translates and studies the autobiographies by a Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730 - 1798).
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0691009481, ISBN13: 9780691009483, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Apparitions of the Self is a groundbreaking investigation into what is known in Tibet as 'secret autobiography,' an exceptional, rarely studied literary genre that presents a personal exploration of intimate religious experiences. In this volume, Janet Gyatso translates and studies the outstanding pair of secret autobiographies by the famed Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798), whose poetic and self-conscious writings are as much about the nature of his own identity, memory, and the undecidabilities of autobiographical truth as they are narrations of the actual content of his experiences. Their translation in this book marks the first time that works of this sort have been translated in a Western language.Gyatso is among the first to consider Tibetan literature from a comparative perspective, examining the surprising fit--as well as the misfit--of Western literary theory with Tibetan autobiography. She examines the intriguing questions of why Tibetan Buddhists produced so many autobiographies (far more than other Asian Buddhists) and how autobiographical self-assertion is possible even while Buddhists believe that the self is ultimately an illusion. Also explored are Jigme Lingpa's historical milieu, his revelatory visions of the ancient Tibetan dynasty, and his meditative ...
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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 0691009481 9780691009483 [US]