This world and the next
Subtitle: contributions on Tibetan religion, science and society : PIATS 2006 : Tibetan studies : proceedings of the eleventh seminar of the International Association for Tibetian Studies, Königswinter 2006
By: edited by Charles Ramble and Jill Sudbury
Contributors: Ramble, Charles, editor; Sudbury, Jill, editor
Series: Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung -- Band 27; Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung -- Bd. 27.
Publisher: IITBS, International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies GmbH
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Andiast
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9783038091141
Subjects: Buddhism; Congresses; Religion; Science; Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

9 contributions in English and 2 in French.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Charles Ramble and Jill Sudbury; title: This circle of kings :; title: modern Tibetan visions of world peace  -- Martin A. Mills; title: The third spread of Dharma :; title: becoming a western follower of Tibetan Buddhism  -- Thierry Dodin; title: The Buddhist revival in Russia (late 1980s-1990s) and Tibet  -- Alexandre Andreyev; title: Sa dpyad and the concept of Bla ri  -- Petra Maurer; title: The ethics of kingship and war in Patrul Rinpoche's Words of my perfect teacher and the last Buddhist rulers of Derge  -- Achim Bayer; title: Tāranātha's self-vision based on his autobiography and secret autobiography  -- David Templeman; title: Gnas Rab 'byams pa Byams pa phun tshogs (1503-1581) and his contribution to Buddhist block printing  -- Franz-Karl Ehrhard; title: Analysis of a Mdos ritual text connected with the Rlung rta tradition  -- Béla Kelényi; title: Lho-drukpa religious foundations in Ladakh  -- Nawang Tsering Shakspo; title: La Maladie des Nonnes :; title: les Mo nad et le Célibat  -- Nicola Schneider; title: Zhang ston Bkra shis rdo rje (1097-1167) et la Continuation des Essences Perlées (Snying thig) de la Grande Perfection -- Jean-Luc Achard.