Account of a Pilgrimage to Central Tibet

Bründer, Andreas:
Account of a Pilgrimage to Central Tibet / Andreas Bründer. - Dharamsala : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 2008. - ca. 192 S.
ISBN 978-81-86470-62-X
Rs. 450,00
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: Hamburg, Univ., Magisterarbeit, 2002 unter dem Titel: 'Jam dbyaṅs bstan pa rgya mtsho's Account of a Pilgrimage to Central Tibet (dBus gtsang gi gnas skor) : a neglected source for the historical and sacred geography of Tibet

Beschreibung
Account of a Pilgrimage to Central Tibet investigates a rare text, the dbus gtsang gi gnas bskor and its author 'Jam-dbyangs-bstan-pa-rgya-mtsho, about whom very little was formerly known. This Brag-dgon-pa lama made his pilgrimage in 1916, while visiting central Tibet and meeting the 13th Dalai Lama. Besides an edition and annotated translation of part of the guidebook, as well as a translation of the biographical material about 'Jam-dbyangs-bstan-pa-rgya-mtsho, this study also provides a bibliography that lists and classifies some 370 Tibetan-language works belonging to the Tibetan literary genre of historical and sacred Geography.

Autor
Andreas Bründer received his MA in Tibetology from the University of Hamburg. His main research interests are the tradition of Tibetan pilgrimage, and the history and geography of specific sacred sites in the Tibetan cultural realm. He currently works as a Head of Mission with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

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