Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary

Gyatso, Janet (著)

著者

Gyatso, Janet (著)

出版年月日

1998

ページ

360

出版者

Princeton University Press

出版サイト

https://press.princeton.edu/

出版地

Princeton, NJ, US [普林斯顿, 紐澤西州, 美國]

資料の種類

書籍=Book

言語

英文=English

抄録

Apparitions of the Self is a groundbreaking investigation into what is known in Tibet as “secret autobiography,” an exceptional, rarely studied literary genre that presents a personal exploration of intimate religious experiences. In this volume, Janet Gyatso translates and studies the outstanding pair of secret autobiographies by the famed Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798), whose poetic and self-conscious writings are as much about the nature of his own identity, memory, and the undecidabilities of autobiographical truth as they are narrations of the actual content of his experiences. Their translation in this book marks the first time that works of this sort have been translated in a Western language.

Gyatso is among the first to consider Tibetan literature from a comparative perspective, examining the surprising fit—as well as the misfit—of Western literary theory with Tibetan autobiography. She examines the intriguing questions of why Tibetan Buddhists produced so many autobiographies (far more than other Asian Buddhists) and how autobiographical self-assertion is possible even while Buddhists believe that the self is ultimately an illusion. Also explored are Jigme Lingpa’s historical milieu, his revelatory visions of the ancient Tibetan dynasty, and his meditative practices of personal cultivation. The book concludes with a study of the subversive female figure of the “Dakini” in Jigme Lingpa’s writings, and the implications of her gender, her sexuality, and her unsettling discourse for the autobiographical subject in Tibet.

List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Technical Note on Translation Policies xxi
Abbreviations xxiv
Introduction. The Secret Autobiographies of Jigme Lingpa 3
I. TRANSLATION
A Word to the Reader 14
Dancing Moon in the Water I5
Dakki's Grand Secret-Talk 55
Notes to the Translation 63
II. BACKGROUND
Chapter 1. Autobiography in Tibet 101
Chapter 2. The Outer Face: The Life of Jigme Lingpa 124
Chapter 3. Treasure Discoverer 145
Chapter 4. Master of Experience 182
III. READINGS
Chapter 5. No-Self Self and Other Dancing Moons 211
Chapter 6. The Dakini Talks: On Gender, Language, and the Secret Autobiographer 243
Epilogue. Subjectivity without Essence 265
Appendix r. The Autobiographies and Biographies of Jigme Lingpa 273
Appendix 2. Lists of the Former Lives of Jigme Lingpa 275
Appendix 3. Table of Episodes in the Secret Autobiographies of Jigme Lingpa 278
Notes 281
Bibliography 311
Tibetan Sources 311
Secondary Sources and Critical Editions 321
Interviews 338
Index 339

ISBN

0691011109 (pbc); 9780691011103 (pbc)

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