Bryan J. Cuevas

Travels in the Netherworld (eBook, ePUB)

Buddhist Popular Narratives of Death and the Afterlife in Tibet

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Travels in the Netherworld, Bryan J. Cuevas examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the délok, ordinary men and women who claim to have died, traveled through hell, and then returned from the afterlife. Providing a clear, detailed analysis of four vivid return-from-death tales, including the stories of a Tibetan housewife, a lama, a young noble woman, and a Buddhist monk, Cuevas argues that these narratives express ideas about death and the afterlife that held wide currency among all classes of faithful Buddhists in Tibet.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190450892
• Artikelnr.: 42620008

Autorenporträt

Bryan J. Cuevas is John F. Priest Professor of Religion and Director of Graduate Studies at Florida State University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. To Hell and Back
2. Travels of a Tibetan Housewife
3. A Lama in Distress
4. The Return of a Noble Young Lady
5. A Ghost in Monk's Robes
6. Storytellers