The translation of the Bar do thos grol under the title of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the A... more The translation of the Bar do thos grol under the title of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the After-Death Experiences of the Bardo Plane, was first published in 1927. French and German translations soon followed, in 1933 and 1935 respectively, both based on the English translation and not directly upon the original Tibetan text. The Bar do thos grol, as is by now familiar, gives a precise, carefully structured, and vivid description of the experience of the deceased person during the period of forty-nine days between death and rebirth in the cycle of transmigration. The steady flow of reprint editions and of new translations in both European and non-European languages reflects the sustained interest in this work, which is now firmly established as a 'classic' of Tibetan Buddhism. Keywords: Bar do thos grol; European; Tibetan Buddhism
Page 120. THE HISTORY OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH: A TIBETAN NARRATIVE FROM DUNHUANG1 Yoshiro... more Page 120. THE HISTORY OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH: A TIBETAN NARRATIVE FROM DUNHUANG1 Yoshiro Imaeda FOREWORD Formerly European historians, relying exclusively on later (that is to say, post-eleventh ...
L'histoire du Bhoutan en tant qu'etat commence au 17e siecle quand le pays fut unifie sou... more L'histoire du Bhoutan en tant qu'etat commence au 17e siecle quand le pays fut unifie sous l'ecole 'brug pa; l'une des principales ecoles du bouddhisme tibetain fonde par le clan rgya. Tout d'abord, le mode de succession sur le trone de cette ecole qui suivait le schema dit "oncle paternel - neveu ", a fait l'objet d'un examen attentif. Ensuite, les relations que les 'brug pa etablirent avec le Bhoutan actuel durant les 13e-16e siecles et l'installation au Bhoutan des quelques familles d'obedience 'brug pa pendant la meme periode sont passees en revue. Le processus de l'unification du Bhoutan dans la premiere moitie du 17e siecle par le zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam royal (1594 - 1651), hierarque de l'ecole des 'brug pa, forme un autre volet. Aussitot etablie, la theocratie des 'brug pa se heurta au probleme de la succession du chef de l'etat du a l'infirmite de 'jam dpal rdo rje (1631 - 1675 76), fils unique du zhabs drung et heritier au trone des 'brug pa. Pendant presqu'un demi- siecle apres la mort du zhabs drung, la cohesion de la jeune nation fut maintenue grâce a deux stratagemes: d'abord la mort du zhabs drung fut gardee comme secret d'etat et ensuite bstan 'dzin rab rgyas (1638-1696), descendant de la lignee collaterale du clan rgya installee au Bhoutan depuis plusieurs generations, fut reconnu comme successeur au zhabs drung. Apres l'extinction de la lignee du rgya, la theocratie 'brug pa adopta le mode de succession par reincarnations pour assurer la direction de l'etat. Neanmoins, faute de consensus unanime sur l'identite de la personne dont la reincarnation devait etre reconnue comme chef supreme, plusieurs lignees de reincarnations apparurent des le debut du 18e siecle, chacune reclamant la position de chef de l'etat. Le Bhoutan fut desormais plonge dans une lutte interne pour le pouvoir entre plusieurs factions, chacune soutenant une reincarnation. Cette presence de plusieurs lignees de reincarnations constituait une faiblesse qui rendait la theocratie impuissante. Tandis que le gouvernement central s'affaiblissait progressivement, les gouverneurs regionaux gagnerent de l'importance. Vers le milieu du 19e siecle, jigme namgyel, gouverneur du Bhoutan central et oriental, s'affirma comme l'homme fort et son fils ugyen wangchuck (1862-1926) fut elu premier roi du Bhoutan en 1907, mettant ainsi un terme au regime theocratique des 'brug pa.
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Oct 1, 1988
that the India Office had substantial independence in most areas. With regard to the Government o... more that the India Office had substantial independence in most areas. With regard to the Government of India he observes that ' in the formulation and the execution of major longrange planning decisions, the Viceroys of late nineteenth-century India by and large had their minds made up for them by authorities in Whitehall' (p. 130). His evidence for this latter contention is unconvincing. Leaving aside statements of principle which mean little and Morley's constitutional experiments of the early twentieth century, the only two issues where Whitehall plainly predominated were cotton and venereal disease, both of them the pets of Parliamentary pressure groups which neither Godley nor the India Council could defuse. Both were issues likely to cause temporary embarrassment in Parliament; the long term issues to which Kaminsky refers are difficult to identify. The monetary crisis of the 1890s was clearly a major matter, but it is not easy to see what the India Office contributed to the decisions or what policy it had concerning the business, apart from trying, as ever, to minimize discussion about it. The presentation of policies rather than the policies themselves always seemed to be the prime concern of the India Office. Much hard work and some wide reading has gone into this valuable book and it deserves close study. One could wish that the author had not played so safe in his conclusions. Did someone mention the tyranny of the past?
Iwao, Kazushi, Nathan Wayne Hill, Tsuguhito Takeuchi, Izumi Hoshi, and Yoshiro Imaeda. <em>... more Iwao, Kazushi, Nathan Wayne Hill, Tsuguhito Takeuchi, Izumi Hoshi, and Yoshiro Imaeda. <em>Old Tibetan Inscriptions</em>. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2009.
Contributions to the Cultural History of Early Tibet, 2007
Page 120. THE HISTORY OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH: A TIBETAN NARRATIVE FROM DUNHUANG1 Yoshiro... more Page 120. THE HISTORY OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH: A TIBETAN NARRATIVE FROM DUNHUANG1 Yoshiro Imaeda FOREWORD Formerly European historians, relying exclusively on later (that is to say, post-eleventh ...
Drawing a wide variety of texts and images from Dunhuang, the six original contributions to this ... more Drawing a wide variety of texts and images from Dunhuang, the six original contributions to this collection advance our understanding of the development of Esoteric Buddhism in late first millennium Tibet and China. Ritual, philosophy, and mortuary practice are among the topics considered.
The gTam zhing lHun grub chos gling monastery is situated in the Chos 'khor valley in the Bum... more The gTam zhing lHun grub chos gling monastery is situated in the Chos 'khor valley in the Bum thang region of Central Bhutan. It was founded by the famous gter ston « treasure- discoverer» Padma gling pa (1450-1521) at the very beginning of the sixteenth century. Since 1959, it became the residence of the two lineages of reincarnation of Padma gling pa tradition : the Pad gling gsung sprul, reincarnation of Padma gling pa, and the Pad gling thugs sras, that of Zla ba rgyal mtshan ( 1499-?), son of the gter ston. Thus it is an important centre of teachings of Padma gling pa tradition of the rNying ma pa school of Tibetan Buddhism. ; Moreover, this small monastery presents a particular interest in the general history of Tibetan art. In fart some paintings of the ground floor date from the very foundation of the monastery and miraculously escaped from being retouched or repainted. There is a certain similarity of style between them and those of gTsang in Tibet, particularly those of rGyal rtse which are chronologically and geographically very close. One can admire for the first time the hitherto little studied iconography which is peculiar to the great « treasure-discoverer » of Bhutanese origin.
The translation of the Bar do thos grol under the title of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the A... more The translation of the Bar do thos grol under the title of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the After-Death Experiences of the Bardo Plane, was first published in 1927. French and German translations soon followed, in 1933 and 1935 respectively, both based on the English translation and not directly upon the original Tibetan text. The Bar do thos grol, as is by now familiar, gives a precise, carefully structured, and vivid description of the experience of the deceased person during the period of forty-nine days between death and rebirth in the cycle of transmigration. The steady flow of reprint editions and of new translations in both European and non-European languages reflects the sustained interest in this work, which is now firmly established as a 'classic' of Tibetan Buddhism. Keywords: Bar do thos grol; European; Tibetan Buddhism
Page 120. THE HISTORY OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH: A TIBETAN NARRATIVE FROM DUNHUANG1 Yoshiro... more Page 120. THE HISTORY OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH: A TIBETAN NARRATIVE FROM DUNHUANG1 Yoshiro Imaeda FOREWORD Formerly European historians, relying exclusively on later (that is to say, post-eleventh ...
L'histoire du Bhoutan en tant qu'etat commence au 17e siecle quand le pays fut unifie sou... more L'histoire du Bhoutan en tant qu'etat commence au 17e siecle quand le pays fut unifie sous l'ecole 'brug pa; l'une des principales ecoles du bouddhisme tibetain fonde par le clan rgya. Tout d'abord, le mode de succession sur le trone de cette ecole qui suivait le schema dit "oncle paternel - neveu ", a fait l'objet d'un examen attentif. Ensuite, les relations que les 'brug pa etablirent avec le Bhoutan actuel durant les 13e-16e siecles et l'installation au Bhoutan des quelques familles d'obedience 'brug pa pendant la meme periode sont passees en revue. Le processus de l'unification du Bhoutan dans la premiere moitie du 17e siecle par le zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam royal (1594 - 1651), hierarque de l'ecole des 'brug pa, forme un autre volet. Aussitot etablie, la theocratie des 'brug pa se heurta au probleme de la succession du chef de l'etat du a l'infirmite de 'jam dpal rdo rje (1631 - 1675 76), fils unique du zhabs drung et heritier au trone des 'brug pa. Pendant presqu'un demi- siecle apres la mort du zhabs drung, la cohesion de la jeune nation fut maintenue grâce a deux stratagemes: d'abord la mort du zhabs drung fut gardee comme secret d'etat et ensuite bstan 'dzin rab rgyas (1638-1696), descendant de la lignee collaterale du clan rgya installee au Bhoutan depuis plusieurs generations, fut reconnu comme successeur au zhabs drung. Apres l'extinction de la lignee du rgya, la theocratie 'brug pa adopta le mode de succession par reincarnations pour assurer la direction de l'etat. Neanmoins, faute de consensus unanime sur l'identite de la personne dont la reincarnation devait etre reconnue comme chef supreme, plusieurs lignees de reincarnations apparurent des le debut du 18e siecle, chacune reclamant la position de chef de l'etat. Le Bhoutan fut desormais plonge dans une lutte interne pour le pouvoir entre plusieurs factions, chacune soutenant une reincarnation. Cette presence de plusieurs lignees de reincarnations constituait une faiblesse qui rendait la theocratie impuissante. Tandis que le gouvernement central s'affaiblissait progressivement, les gouverneurs regionaux gagnerent de l'importance. Vers le milieu du 19e siecle, jigme namgyel, gouverneur du Bhoutan central et oriental, s'affirma comme l'homme fort et son fils ugyen wangchuck (1862-1926) fut elu premier roi du Bhoutan en 1907, mettant ainsi un terme au regime theocratique des 'brug pa.
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Oct 1, 1988
that the India Office had substantial independence in most areas. With regard to the Government o... more that the India Office had substantial independence in most areas. With regard to the Government of India he observes that ' in the formulation and the execution of major longrange planning decisions, the Viceroys of late nineteenth-century India by and large had their minds made up for them by authorities in Whitehall' (p. 130). His evidence for this latter contention is unconvincing. Leaving aside statements of principle which mean little and Morley's constitutional experiments of the early twentieth century, the only two issues where Whitehall plainly predominated were cotton and venereal disease, both of them the pets of Parliamentary pressure groups which neither Godley nor the India Council could defuse. Both were issues likely to cause temporary embarrassment in Parliament; the long term issues to which Kaminsky refers are difficult to identify. The monetary crisis of the 1890s was clearly a major matter, but it is not easy to see what the India Office contributed to the decisions or what policy it had concerning the business, apart from trying, as ever, to minimize discussion about it. The presentation of policies rather than the policies themselves always seemed to be the prime concern of the India Office. Much hard work and some wide reading has gone into this valuable book and it deserves close study. One could wish that the author had not played so safe in his conclusions. Did someone mention the tyranny of the past?
Iwao, Kazushi, Nathan Wayne Hill, Tsuguhito Takeuchi, Izumi Hoshi, and Yoshiro Imaeda. <em>... more Iwao, Kazushi, Nathan Wayne Hill, Tsuguhito Takeuchi, Izumi Hoshi, and Yoshiro Imaeda. <em>Old Tibetan Inscriptions</em>. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2009.
Contributions to the Cultural History of Early Tibet, 2007
Page 120. THE HISTORY OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH: A TIBETAN NARRATIVE FROM DUNHUANG1 Yoshiro... more Page 120. THE HISTORY OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH: A TIBETAN NARRATIVE FROM DUNHUANG1 Yoshiro Imaeda FOREWORD Formerly European historians, relying exclusively on later (that is to say, post-eleventh ...
Drawing a wide variety of texts and images from Dunhuang, the six original contributions to this ... more Drawing a wide variety of texts and images from Dunhuang, the six original contributions to this collection advance our understanding of the development of Esoteric Buddhism in late first millennium Tibet and China. Ritual, philosophy, and mortuary practice are among the topics considered.
The gTam zhing lHun grub chos gling monastery is situated in the Chos 'khor valley in the Bum... more The gTam zhing lHun grub chos gling monastery is situated in the Chos 'khor valley in the Bum thang region of Central Bhutan. It was founded by the famous gter ston « treasure- discoverer» Padma gling pa (1450-1521) at the very beginning of the sixteenth century. Since 1959, it became the residence of the two lineages of reincarnation of Padma gling pa tradition : the Pad gling gsung sprul, reincarnation of Padma gling pa, and the Pad gling thugs sras, that of Zla ba rgyal mtshan ( 1499-?), son of the gter ston. Thus it is an important centre of teachings of Padma gling pa tradition of the rNying ma pa school of Tibetan Buddhism. ; Moreover, this small monastery presents a particular interest in the general history of Tibetan art. In fart some paintings of the ground floor date from the very foundation of the monastery and miraculously escaped from being retouched or repainted. There is a certain similarity of style between them and those of gTsang in Tibet, particularly those of rGyal rtse which are chronologically and geographically very close. One can admire for the first time the hitherto little studied iconography which is peculiar to the great « treasure-discoverer » of Bhutanese origin.
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