About Padmasambhava: Historical Narratives and Later Transformations of Guru Rinpoche, edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Jamyang Oliphant.

Authors

  • Matthew T Kapstein PSL Research University, Paris, and the University of Chicago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.23617

Keywords:

Buddhism, Tibet, Nyingmapa, Padmasambhava, Tantra

Abstract

About Padmasambhava: Historical Narratives and Later Transformations of Guru Rinpoche, edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Jamyang Oliphant. Garuda Verlag, 2020. 299 pp. Pb CHF 39,80. ISBN-13: 9783906139364.

Author Biography

  • Matthew T Kapstein, PSL Research University, Paris, and the University of Chicago

    Matthew T. Kapstein. École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL Research University, Paris, and the University of Chicago

References

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Toussaint, Charles-Gustave. 1933. Le Dict de Padma: Padma Thang Yig. Ms. de Lithang. Paris: E. Leroux.

Dawa Samdup, Kazi and W. Y. Evans-Wentz. 1954. The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, or, the Method of Realizing Nirvana through Knowing the Mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Waddell, L. A. 1895. The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism. London: W. H. Allen. (Second edition: Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, 1934.)

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Published

2022-09-06

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Reviews

How to Cite

Kapstein, M. T. (2022). About Padmasambhava: Historical Narratives and Later Transformations of Guru Rinpoche, edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Jamyang Oliphant. Buddhist Studies Review, 39(1), 141–145. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.23617