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The Tibetan version of the Scripture on the Ten Kings and the quest for Chinese influence on the Tibetan perception of the afterlife /

Title
The Tibetan version of the Scripture on the Ten Kings and the quest for Chinese influence on the Tibetan perception of the afterlife / Daniel Berounský ; with a comparative description of the paintings by Lubos Belka.
Author
Berounský, Daniel,
Publication
Prague : Triton : Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2012.

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Description
319 p. : ill. (some col.); 20 cm.
Subject
  • Buddhism > Tibet Region > Doctrines
  • Buddhist eschatology
  • Buddhist literature > Tibet Region > Chinese influences
  • Buddhist literature, Tibetan > Chinese influences
  • Future life > Buddhism
  • Hell > Buddhism
  • Shi wang jing > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Shi wang jing
  • Tibet Region > Religious life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-308) and index.
Contents
Indian ideas about the hells. The Tibetan heritage of Indian Buddhist notions of hells ; Teaching concerning the places of dwelling of the sentient beings (translation) -- Returning from hells. Visits to the hells : Tibetan delog narrations and Chinese zhiguai stories ; A Brief Hagiography of the Delog Lingza Choekyi (translation) -- Maudgalyāyana's travels in hells. Chinese settings ; The Tibetan versions ; The Tibetan reworking of the story : the su*tra of Lhabu Pematrul ; The noble Su*tra called the 'Wholly Saving Vessel' (translation) ; Story of Maudgalyāyana's mother by Sonam Lhay Wangbo (translation) ; List of Tibetan manuscripts of the story on Maudgalyāyana's rescue of his mother -- Ten kings Of the afterlife. Chinese scripture on the ten kings ; The Prague collection of the texts containing the Tibetan manuscript of The scripture on the ten kings ; The Prague Tibetan version of the scripture on the ten kings ; Remarks on the possible influence of the text in the Tibetan milieu ; The tibetan version of the scripture on the ten kings (translation); Introductory verses and colophon; Prophecy of Buddha and performance of the feasts; The ten lords of the dead; The condensed heart su*tra; Concluding parts; Maitreya's Dhāran̄ī -- Concluding remarks -- Appendices Color plates of the scenes of the king's courts ; Comparative description of the paintings -- References -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9788073875848 (pbk.)
  • 8073875845 (pbk.)
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library