The Tibetan version of the Scripture on the Ten Kings and the quest for Chinese influence on the Tibetan perception of the afterlife
By: Daniel Berounský ; with a comparative description of the paintings by Lubos Belka
Publisher: Triton; Faculty of Arts, Charles University
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Prague
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9788073875848
Subjects: Buddhist eschatology; Hell; Buddhism; Criticism, interpretation; Doctrines; Religious life and customs; Future life; Buddhist literature; Chinese influences; Tibetan Buddhist literature; Shi wang jing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: Indian ideas about the hells.; title: The Tibetan heritage of Indian Buddhist notions of hells ;; title: Teaching concerning the places of dwelling of the sentient beings (translation) --; title: Returning from hells.; title: Visits to the hells : Tibetan delog narrations and Chinese zhiguai stories ;; title: A Brief Hagiography of the Delog Lingza Choekyi (translation) --; title: Maudgalyāyana's travels in hells.; title: Chinese settings ;; title: The Tibetan versions ;; title: The Tibetan reworking of the story : the su*tra of Lhabu Pematrul ;; title: The noble Su*tra called the 'Wholly Saving Vessel' (translation) ;; title: Story of Maudgalyāyana's mother by Sonam Lhay Wangbo (translation) ;; title: List of Tibetan manuscripts of the story on Maudgalyāyana's rescue of his mother --; title: Ten kings Of the afterlife.; title: Chinese scripture on the ten kings ;; title: The Prague collection of the texts containing the Tibetan manuscript of The scripture on the ten kings ;; title: The Prague Tibetan version of the scripture on the ten kings ;; title: Remarks on the possible influence of the text in the Tibetan milieu ;; title: The tibetan version of the scripture on the ten kings (translation);; title: Introductory verses and colophon;; title: Prophecy of Buddha and performance of the feasts;; title: The ten lords of the dead;; title: The condensed heart su*tra;; title: Concluding parts;; title: Maitreya's Dhāran̄ī ---- Concluding remarks-- Appendices-- Color plates of the scenes of the king's courts ;-- Comparative description of the paintings-- References-- Index.