Lineages of the literary : Tibetan Buddhist polymaths of socialist China /

In the aftermath of the cataclysmic Maoist period, three Tibetan Buddhist scholars living and working in the People's Republic of China became intellectual heroes. Renowned as the "Three Polymaths," Tséten Zhabdrung (1910-1985), Mugé Samten (1914-1993) and Dungkar Lozang Trinlé (1927-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Willock, Nicole D. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Tshe-tan Zhabs-drung, > 1910 or 1911-1986. Bsam-gtan, > Dmu-dge. Blo-bzang-ʼphrin-las, > Dung-dkar, > 1927-1997. Tibet Region > Civilization. China > Intellectual life > 1949- Buddhism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Three Polymaths : past and present
"Telling what happened" : Buddhist recollections of the 1950s
Mellifluous words on the human condition : the Maoist years
Dungkar Rinpoché on the contested ground of Tibetan history
Diverging lineages.