The Arrow And Spindle Vol 3 Studies In History Myths Rituals And Beliefs In Tibet

Early historical documents: 1. Decree of IHa Bla ma ye shes od. 2. The bon religion referred to in the newly discovered decrees of Lha Bla ma ye shes od. 3. A recently discovered rnam thar of Lha Bla ma ye shes od. 4. King gNya Khri btsan po and his origin myths in the dunhuang manuscripts. II. The bon religion: 5. A historical overview of the bon religion. 6. A new discovery of ancient bon manuscripts from a Buddhist stupa in southern Tibet. 7. Tibetan indigenous myths and rituals with reference to the ancient bon text: the gNyan bum. 8. Queen of the world and her twenty-seven daughters. 9. A manuscript of the fourteenth century treatise on bon and Buddhist doctrines. 10. Le dieu bourdon qui dompte le petit sri. III. Religion and politics: 11. The letter of zhabs drung Ngag dbang rnam rgyal 1594-1651.12. Reply to the question: under what circumstances did the PLA decided to march into Tibet? 13. Coalition of religion and politics. Bibliography. Indexes. The first part of this book contains studies of historical documents such as royal decrees of the 10th and 11th centuries A.D. The second part deals with the history of Bon monastic establishment, the question of codification of the Bon Canonical texts as well as recent discoveries of ancient manuscripts of the Bon tradition that focus on the early Tibetan concepts of ritual practices. The third part is devoted to a short presentation of a personal letter of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, founder of the modern state of Bhutan and the question of tulku institution in Tibet that had marred Tibetan political unity.