| Description |
1 online resource (530 pages) |
| Series |
Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; v. 40 |
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Brill's Tibetan studies library.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Note on Translation, Critical Apparatus, and Transliteration ; Map: Places Important in the Life and Legacy of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen (1552-1624) ; Introduction; Objects That Matter; Object-Person Interactions in Theory and Practice; PART 1 Objects in Narrative; Introduction to Part 1; 1 In the Vicinity of Things-Substance, Violence, and Power in the Milieu of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen (1552-1624) ; Introduction; The Shifting Tides of Clerical Influence and Authority: Religion, Politics, and Materiality in the Time of Sokdokpa |
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Sokdokpa's Influences and Milieu: Violent Rites, Brahmin Flesh, and Other Object-oriented Bonds Treasure Revealer Zhikpo Lingpa: Political Leader of Nangtsé and Guru of Sokdokpa ; Sokdokpa's Influences from the Frontier: The Mön Treasure Revealers Yongdzin Ngawang Drakpa and Tuksé Dawa Gyeltsen; Reflections on the Convergence of Political Power, Ritual, and Substance in Sokdokpa's Milieu; 2 Prowess and Persona in the Wielding of Things-Exorcisms, Objects, and Insights in the Life and Literary Career of a Mongol-repelling Scholar-Adept; The Spiritual and Material Life of an Exorcist Yogi |
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A Literature of Precedent, Protection, and Perfection: The Writings of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen Apologia and Theory; Narrative; Liturgy and Ritual Commentary; Rhetoric of an Exorcist: The Construction of Sokdokpa's Public Identity ; Persuasion, Cynicism, and Deceit in Sokdokpa's Use of Prophecy; Righteousness, Infamy, and Authority in Ritual Prowess; Personal Qualifications for Ritual Prowess; Final Reflections on Sokdokpa's Rhetoric in the 'History'; PART 2 Objects in Theory and Practice; 3 Controversies over Things-Drawing, Blurring, and Crossing Boundaries; Introduction; Visionary Glimpses |
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Powerful SpeechAmulet Practice; Brahmin Flesh and Other "Liberating" Edibles; Concluding Remarks; 4 Things in Action and the Actions of Things-A Dynamic Ontology of Ritual Objects; Introduction; Sokdokpa's Matters of Concern; Incorporation, Contact, and Ingestion in Pill Practices; Brahmin Flesh: Discourse, Performance, and Consumption; Mediated Origins, Hybrid Ingredients; Multimedia Ritual Accomplishment; Deity Yoga in the Creation of Self and Other; Pills as "Catalysts" and "Vehicles"; Ambrosia: Medicinal Concoction and Tantric Sacrament; Edible Concoctions of Power: Common Patterns |
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The Efficacy of Ambrosia Ingredients: Categories and HomologiesThe Orthopraxy of Aesthetic Criteria; Knowledge and its Consequences; Artifacts of Violence, Substances of Danger; The Contagion of Danger and Death; The Orthopraxy of Violence; Materializing and Mastering Unseen Forces; Violent Outbursts, the Call to Collective Action, and Other Publicly Observable Aspects of Efficacy ; "Signs" of Success and Their Signified Outcomes; Creating the Self through Killing the Other; Concluding Remarks on Enemy-oriented Rites |
| Notes |
Vision, Exegesis, and Touch in the Use of Initiation Substances and Introduction Props |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Power (Christian theology) -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004335042 |
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9004335048 |
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