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Travels in the Netherworld: Buddist Popular Narratives of Death and the Afterlife in Tibet Cuevas, Bryan J (, Florida State University)
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Travels in the Netherworld: Buddist Popular Narratives of Death and the Afterlife in Tibet
Cuevas, Bryan J (, Florida State University)
In Travels in the Netherworld, Bryan J. Cuevas examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the delok, ordinary men and women who claim to have died, traveled through hell, and then returned from the dead. Providing a clear, detailed analysis of four vivid return-from-death tales, including the story of a Tibetan housewife, a lama, a young noble woman, and a Buddhist monk, Cuevas argues that these narratives express ideasabout death and the afterlife that held wide currency among all classes of faithful Tibetan Buddhists. Cuevas surveys a broad range of popular Tibetan Buddhist ideas about death and dying and offers innovative perspectives on popular religion in Tibet and fills a gap in an important field of Tibetanliterature.
212 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 17, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195341164 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 216 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 240 × 19 mm · 442 g |
| Language | English |
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