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REMAKING BUDDHISM FOR MEDIEVAL NEPAL

This book establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in the fifteenth century in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Using a particular Nepalese Sanskrit Buddhist text, the Guakraavyha (GKV) as the main source, the author shows that there is a distinctive genre of Buddhist Sanskrit texts to which the GKV belongs the Garland texts which dates to the middle of the fifteenth century. The Garland texts are the most visible evidence of a substantial and deliberate reformulation of Nepalese Buddhism. The author establishes the historical background for this renaissance, employing Nepalese chronicles and Tibetan historical sources, and discusses its implications for the history of the Nepalese Buddhist tradition as distinct from the North Indian and Tibetan traditions.Through a thorough study of the relevant texts in the classical Himalayan languages (Sanskrit, Newari, Tibetan and Nepali) the author puts forward a new thesis about how the tradition of Nepalese Buddhism was legitimated and reinvented by the devising of new concepts of canonicity. Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal will be of interest to scholars of Religion, History and Asian Studies in general.

Will Tuladhar-Douglas lectures in the history and anthropology of religion at the University of Aberdeen, and is Director of the Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research. He has conducted fieldwork in Newar, Tibetan and Western cities and monasteries and published articles on Himalayan history and rituals, religion and technology, and Buddhism.

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A SURVEY OF VINAYA LITERATURE
Charles S. Prebish

THE REFLEXIVE NATURE OF AWARENESS
Paul Williams

ALTRUISM AND REALITY
Paul Williams

BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Edited by Damien Keown, Charles Prebish, Wayne Husted

WOMEN IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE BUDDHA
Kathryn R Blackstone

THE RESONANCE OF EMPTINESS
Gay Watson

AMERICAN BUDDHISM
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IMAGING WISDOM
Jacob N. Kinnard

PAIN AND ITS ENDING
Carol S. Anderson

EMPTINESS APPRAISED
David F. Burto

THE SOUND OF LIBERATING TRUTH
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BUDDHIST THEOLOGY
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THE GLORIOUS DEEDS OF PURNA
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EARLY BUDDHISMA NEW APPROACH
Sue Hamilton

CONTEMPORARY BUDDHIST ETHICS
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INNOVATIVE BUDDHIST WOMEN
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TEACHING BUDDHISM IN THE WEST
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EMPTY VISION
David L. McMahan

SELF, REALITY AND REASON IN TIBETAN PHILOSOPHY
Thupten Jinpa

IN DEFENSE OF DHARMA
Tessa J. Bartholomeusz

BUDDHIST PHENOMENOLOGY
Dan Lusthaus

RELIGIOUS MOTIVATION AND THE ORIGINS OF BUDDHISM
Torkel Brekke

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THE BUDDHIST UNCONSCIOUS
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TIBETAN AND ZEN BUDDHISM IN BRITAIN
David N. Kay

THE CONCEPT OF THE BUDDHA
Guang Xing

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David Webster

THE NOTION OF DITTHI IN THERAVADA BUDDHISM
Paul Fuller

THE BUDDHIST THEORY OF SELF-COGNITION
Zhihua Yao

MORAL THEORY IN SANTIDEVAS SIKSASAMUCCAYA Barbra R Clayton

BUDDHIST STUDIES FROM INDIA TO AMERICA
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DISCOURSE AND IDEOLOGY IN MEDIEVAL JAPANESE BUDDHISM
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EARLY BUDDHIST METAPHYSICS
Noa Ronkin

MIPHAMS DIALECTICS AND THE DEBATES ON EMPTINESS
Karma Phuntsho

HOW BUDDHISM BEGAN
The conditioned genesis of the early teachings
Richard F. Gombrich

BUDDHIST MEDITATION
An Anthology of Texts from the Pli Canon
Sarah Shaw

REMAKING BUDDHISM FOR MEDIEVAL NEPAL
The fifteenth-century reformation of Newar Buddhism
Will Tuladhar-Douglas

REMAKING BUDDHISM FOR MEDIEVAL NEPAL

The fifteenth-century reformation of Newar Buddhism

Will Tuladhar-Douglas

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