Death for a Buddhist Dreamer: Identity and Mortality in Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Autobiographical Dream Narrative

This article examines the role of dreams in the life of the Tibetan Buddhist master Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216). Focusing on <i>The Lord’s Dreams</i> (<i>Rje btsun pa’i mnal lam</i>), Drakpa Gyaltsen’s only autobiographical text, along with the first biography of him w...

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Autor principal:	Rory Lindsay
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Tibetan Buddhism dreams death autobiography biography Sakya Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:73bde3986d2247858583cff9265660f52021-11-25T18:52:40ZDeath for a Buddhist Dreamer: Identity and Mortality in Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Autobiographical Dream Narrative10.3390/rel121109382077-1444https://doaj.org/article/73bde3986d2247858583cff9265660f52021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/938https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444This article examines the role of dreams in the life of the Tibetan Buddhist master Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216). Focusing on <i>The Lord’s Dreams</i> (<i>Rje btsun pa’i mnal lam</i>), Drakpa Gyaltsen’s only autobiographical text, along with the first biography of him written by his influential nephew Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182–1251), this paper explores the work of dreams in negotiating issues of identity and mortality. It argues that dreams were important sources of knowledge about the past, the future, and the dead in this context, creating intermediate spaces in which access to these times and individuals became possible.Rory LindsayMDPI AGarticleTibetan BuddhismdreamsdeathautobiographybiographySakyaReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 938, p 938 (2021)
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description	This article examines the role of dreams in the life of the Tibetan Buddhist master Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216). Focusing on <i>The Lord’s Dreams</i> (<i>Rje btsun pa’i mnal lam</i>), Drakpa Gyaltsen’s only autobiographical text, along with the first biography of him written by his influential nephew Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182–1251), this paper explores the work of dreams in negotiating issues of identity and mortality. It argues that dreams were important sources of knowledge about the past, the future, and the dead in this context, creating intermediate spaces in which access to these times and individuals became possible.
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title	Death for a Buddhist Dreamer: Identity and Mortality in Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Autobiographical Dream Narrative
title_short	Death for a Buddhist Dreamer: Identity and Mortality in Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Autobiographical Dream Narrative
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Death for a Buddhist Dreamer: Identity and Mortality in Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Autobiographical Dream Narrative

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