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Hail-Casting and Other "Magical" Rites from a Compendium of Nyingma Rituals Invoking Yamāntaka: A Study and Catalogue of the Moon's Mystery Handbook (Zla Gsang Beʼu Bum)
The Moon’s Mystery Handbook (Zla gsang be’u bum), known also as Yama’s Handbook, is a compilation of Nyingma (Rnying ma) rituals attributed to Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé (Gnubs chen Sangs rgyas ye shes) and Mañjuśrīmitra (Tib. ʼJam dpal...
Despite their value as sources attesting to the reception of Buddhism by Chinese laypeople, miracle tale literature has escaped the attention of all but a few scholars of Chinese Buddhism. These scholars have tended to discuss this...
A variety of social groups exist in the cultural area known in Tibetan as Amdo (covering parts of present-day Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan provinces in western China; see Map 1). Much investigation remains to be conducted on these terms...
Displays of dinosaurs have become a staple of modern natural history museums, but these did not emerge until the turn of the twentieth century. Through the work of Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh in this field (despite...
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