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The Fantastic Stories of KöNchok PaldröN and Her Enlightened Children
Author Gruber, Joel
Source Journal of Global Buddhism
Volumev.16
Date2015
Pages107 - 125
PublisherJournal of Global Buddhism
Publisher Url https://www.unilu.ch/en/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/institutes-departements-and-research-centres/department-for-the-study-of-religions/
LocationLucerne, Switzerland
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Keywordtulku; tertön; termas; Nyingma; gender; biography; Könchok Paldrön; Tulku Urgyen; Dilgo Khyentse; fantasy; mimesis; women in Tibet
AbstractDuring the twelfth century, innovative developments in Tibetan Buddhist spiritual biography helped provide new narrative license to describe the lives and practices of revered saints with a level of detail and sophistication that far surpassed the preceding minimalist approach to biography. This article draws attention to several of the key literary techniques employed by authors to compose spiritual biographies. By comparing two recently published works of this genre, Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse (2008) and Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (2005), I argue that the latter text’s persistent breaks from established literary precedence are reflective of Könchok Paldrön’s influence on her grandson, Tulku Urgyen. In addition, I argue that these breaks provide scholars with novel information pertaining to the family dynamic that exists between saints who have been recognized, as children, as reincarnations of enlightened masters (tulkus), the mothers who gave birth to them, and the religious institutions that raised them.
Table of contentsTulkus, Terma, and Tibetan Women 109
Fantasy and Mimesis 111
Conventions, Expectations, and Precedent 113
Könchok Paldrön & Co. 115
Revisiting Brilliant Moon 120
Conclusion 123
References 125
ISSN15276457 (E)
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Created date2017.01.13
Modified date2017.07.20



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