| The Oḍiyāna Mahāmudrā Lineage: Textual Communities and the Construction/Reconstruction of Institutional Identities |
Adam Krug introduces the Grub pa sde bdun as a practical canon (gzhung) of Indian Mahāmudrā Works and its role in hagiography. |
Adam Krug, Robert Mayer |
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| Śaiva understandings of the yoginī-related sacred placed and pīṭhas, in relation to the Buddhist tantras. |
Olga Serbaeva examines the network of yoginī-related sacred places in Śaiva and Buddhist tantric traditions, with particular focus on the pivotal role of Uḍḍiyāṇa as a paradigmatic tantric landscape. |
Olga Serbaeva, Robert Mayer |
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| If Uḍḍiyāna is a pīṭha, then what is a pīṭha?: Uḍḍiyānācārya and encounter as the sacred domain of the vajra-yoginīs in Newar Buddhism |
Amber Marie Moore examines what is meant by the term pīṭha in Newar Buddhism, and describes the figure of Uḍḍiyānācārya in Newar narrative. |
Amber Marie Moore, Robert Mayer |
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| The Eleven Acts of Padmasambhava |
Kurtis Schaeffer presents a little-known early narrative of Padmasambhava’s career, attributed to Guru Chowang (1217-1270). |
Kurtis Schaeffer, Robert Mayer |
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| On the Earliest Depictions of Padmasambhava in Tibet: Emergence and Variation |
Christian Luczanits presents some of the earliest depictions of Padmasambhava and explores their historical and religious contexts. |
Christian Luczanits, Robert Mayer |
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| Uḍḍiyāna in the Krama Literature |
Uḍḍiyāna looms large in early Krama scriptures, as does its karavīra charnel ground. Ben Williams investigates. |
Ben Williams, Robert Mayer |
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| Kashmir and Śaivism in and Around the Late Eighth Century |
An overview of the histories of Kashmir and Uḍḍiyāna, and their relations with Tibet in the late 8th century. |
John Nemec, Robert Mayer |
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| Padmasambhava’s Tibet |
Brandon Dotson examines what can be said about the social and religious context of Tibet in the late-8th and early 9th centuries, that is, the period during which Padmasambhava would have been active. |
Brandon Dotson, Robert Mayer |
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| Khri Srong lde brtsan and Padmasambhava's Travels through His Land |
Lewis Doney compares three different narratives about Padmasambhava and Emperor Khri Srong lde brtsan. |
Lewis Doney, Robert Mayer |
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| Were Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra de facto Sarvadharmāpratiṣṭhānavādins? |
Dorji Wangchuk discerns underlying similarities in the philosophical views of Padmasambhava, Vimalamita, and Rong-zom-pa. |
Dorji Wangchuk, Cathy Cantwell, Robert Mayer |
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| Padmasambhava and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe: Legend, Lineage, Legacy |
Dylan Esler explores the nexus of links—both legendary and historical—that connect Nubchen Sangye Yeshe with Padmasambhava. |
Dylan Esler, Robert Mayer |
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| The spells attributed to Padmasambhava in the Ba ri be'u 'bum |
Sam van Schaik examines the magic spells attributed to Padmasambhava in a grimoire compiled by Bari Lotsawa (1040-1112). |
Sam van Schaik, Robert Mayer |
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| Padmasambhava and the Copper-Colored Mountain |
Ben Bogin sketches a cultural history of Padmasambhava's 'Copper-Colored Mountain'. |
Benjamin Bogin, Robert Mayer |
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| Tripartite Lineages and Cremation Ground Revelations: Crossovers Between Early rDzogs chen and Kaula Śaivism |
Paul Thomas presents evidence that Indian Tantric Śaivism exerted a direct influence on Tibetan Dzogchen in the 11th and 12th centuries. |
Paul Thomas, Robert Mayer |
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| O rgyan Tshe dpag med traditions: Glimpse of an Ocean |
Cathy Cantwell traces the tradition of Padmasambhava in the form of Amitāyus from Guru Chowang in the 13th century. |
Cathy Cantwell, Robert Mayer |
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| On Padmasambhava’s Names, Himalayan Syncretism, and the Apotheosis of the Fierce Guru |
Dan Hirshberg describes the origins of the famous 'Eight Names' of Padmasambhava, and also of his fierce form as 'Guru Dragpo'. |
Dan Hirshberg, Robert Mayer |
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