Title: The biographies of Rechungpa
Description: "This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries. The author compares significant episodes in the life of Rechungpa as portrayed in a succession of texts and thus demonstrates the evolution of Rechungpa's biography. This is the first survey of the surviving literature which includes a detailed analysis of their dates, authorship and interrelationships. It shows how Rechungpa was increasingly portrayed as a rebellious, volatile and difficult pupil, as a lineage from a fellow-pupil prospered to become dominant in Tibet."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, Lamas, Bkaʼ-rgyud-pa lamas, Buddhist hagiography, History and criticism, Buddhism, Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa lamas
Places: Tibet Autonomous Region (China), China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet
People: Ras-chuṅ Rdo-rje-grags (1083-1161)