Hidden lands in Himalayan myth and history
Subtitle: transformations of sbas yul through time
By: edited by Frances Garrett, Elizabeth McDougal, Geoffrey Samuel
Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library -- volume 46; Brill's Tibetan studies library -- v. 46
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9789004437494; 9789004437685
Subjects: Sacred space; Buddhist mythology; Environmental protection; Religious aspects; Buddhism; Tourism; History; Civilization
Description: "In an era of environmental crisis, narratives of 'hidden lands' are resonant. Understood as sanctuaries in times of calamity, Himalayan hidden lands or sbas yul have shaped the lives of many peoples of the region. Sbas yul are described by visionary lamas called 'treasure finders' who located hidden lands and wrote guidebooks to them. Scholarly understandings of sbas yul as places for spiritual cultivation and refuge from war have been complicated recently. Research now explores such themes as the political and economic role of 'treasure finders', the impact of sbas yul on indigenous populations, and the use of sbas yul for environmental protection and tourism. This book showcases recent scholarship on sbas yul from historical and contemporary perspectives"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hidden lands of Tibet in myth and history; title: Healing mountains and hidden lands; title: Did sbas yul play a part in the development of Tibetan book culture?; title: Early echoes of sbas yul Padma bkod in the Lifestory of Thang stong rgyal po; title: Padma bkod through the lens of two pilgrimage guidebooks : walking the body of Rdo rje phag mo; title: "A great and small Padma bkod" : guidebooks and individual journeys; title: Prophecy and fantastical reality in Sle lung Bzhad pa'i rdo rje's Journey to Padma bkod; title: The shapeshifting goddess : the consecration of Padma bkod's Yang Sang Chu Region by the 20th-century gter ston, Bdud 'joms drag sngags gling pa; title: The arising of Padma bkod in the Western world; title: Voices from the mountainside : vernacular sbas yul in fthe Western Himalaya; title: Pachakshiri : a little-known hidden land between Tsa ri and Padma bkod in the Eastern Himalaya; title: How is this sacred place arrayed? Pacification, increase, magnetism, and wrath in the establishment of an Eastern Himalayan sbas yul; title: ʹJaʹ tshon snying po's guidebook to the Hidden Land of Padma bkod; title: Bdud 'joms gling pa's Hidden Sacred Land of Padma bkod.