Stefan Larsson

Crazy for Wisdom

The Making of a Mad Yogin in Fifteenth-Century Tibet

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Produktbeschreibung

Best known today as the author of the Life of Milarepa, Tsangnyön Heruka (1452-1507) was one of the most influential mad yogins of Tibet. Stefan Larsson's Crazy for Wisdom, describes Tsangnyön Heruka's life, based on narratives by his disciples, and examines an unexpected aspect of fifteenth-century Tibetan Buddhist practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 162mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9789004203938
• ISBN-10: 9004203931
• Artikelnr.: 35900854

Autorenporträt

Stefan Larsson, Ph.D. (2009) in History of Religions, Stockholm University, is 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.