Love Letters from Golok : : A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet / / Holly Gayley.
Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters exchanged from 1978 to 1980, Tare Lhamo and Nam...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) :; 28 b&w photographs |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Introduction: Journey to Golok
- 1. Daughter of Golok: Tāre Lhamo's Life and Context
- 2. Local Heroine: The Hagiography of Cultural Trauma
- 3. Inseparable Companions: A Buddhist Courtship and Correspondence
- 4. Emissaries of Padmasambhava: Tibetan Treasures and Healing Trauma
- 5. A Tantric Couple: The Hagiography of Cultural Revitalization
- Epilogue: The Legacy of a Tantric Couple
- Appendix A: Catalogue of the Letters of Namtrul Rinpoche
- Appendix B: Catalogue of the Letters of Tāre Lhamo
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Glossary of Tibetan Names
- Bibliography
- Index