Crazy for Wisdom

Larsson, Stefan:
Crazy for Wisdom : the Making of a Mad Yogin in Fifteenth-century Tibet / by Stefan Larsson. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. - xx, 354 S. : Ill. - (Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 30)
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: Stockholm, Univ., Diss., 2009 unter dem Titel: Birth of a Heruka : How Sangs rgyas rgyal mtshan became gTsang smyon Heruka : A Study of a Mad Yogin
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Beschreibung
In his early twenties, the Tibetan monk Sangyé Gyaltsen (1452–1507) left his monastery to become a wandering tantric yogin. As he moved from place to place, seeking enlightenment beyond the bounds of monasticism, his behavior became increasingly erratic. While some were shocked or even angered by his actions, others were drawn to him. Tsangnyön’s followers described his transgressive behaviors as enlightened action, rooted in authoritative Buddhist scripture. Using biographical sources, Stefan Larsson explores Sangyé Gyaltsen’s transformation into the charismatic ‘Madman of Tsang,’ Tsangnyön Heruka.
   Best known today as the author of the Life of Milarepa, Tsangnyön Heruka was one of the most influential mad yogins of Tibet. His biography brings its reader face-to-face with an unexpected aspect of Buddhist practice that flourished in fifteenth-century Tibet. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Illustrations. ix
Preface. xi
Acknowledgements. xv
Abbreviations. xix
PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND SOURCES
   1. Introduction. 3
   2. Sources. 31
PART 2: TSANGNYÖN HERUKA
   3. Birth and Childhood. 53
   4. The Exceptional Monk. 73
   5. The Birth of a Heruka. 105
   6. The Mad Yogin. 133
   7. A Mad Yogin Turns the Wheel of Dharma. 159
   8. Tsangnyön Heruka and Tantric Buddhism. 189
PART 3: THE SCHOOL OF TSANGNYÖN HERUKA
   9. Tsangnyön’s Own Works. 229
   10. Some Key Figures and Texts. 255
Conclusions. 277
Epilogue. 289
Glossary. 305
Tibetan Spelling Key. 309
Appendix 1: Tentative Chronology of the Life of Tsangnyön. 321
Appendix 2: A Summary of the Life of Tsangnyön Heruka. 324
Bibliography. 327
Index. 343

Autor
Stefan Larsson, Ph.D. (2009) in History of Religions, Stockholm University, was till 2012 a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses upon the non-monastic and practice-oriented aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly as evidenced in Buddhist songs and biographical literature.

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