A Classical Tibetan Reader
Douban
Selections from Renowned Works with Custom Glossaries
Yael Bentor
overview
A Classical Tibetan Reader answers a long-standing need for well chosen readings to accompany courses in classical Tibetan language. Professor Bentor has built her Tibetan reader out of time-tested selections from texts that she has worked with while teaching classical Tibetan over the past twenty years. She has assembled here a selection of Tibetan narratives, organized to introduce students of the language to complex material gradually, and to arm them with ample reference materials in the form of glossaries customized to individual readings.
Instructors will find this reader an invaluable tool for preparing lesson plans and providing high-quality reading material to their students. Students, too, will find the selections contained in the reader engaging. Even novice readers of Tibetan will feel welcomed and encouraged, thanks to the author’s astute judgment of student capacity.
contents
Preface
Abbreviations
The Thirty Tibetan Letters Identifying the Root Letter
1. How the Stupa Was Constructed and Consecrated: The History of Bodhanath Stupa, discovered by Yolmo Tulku Shakya Sangpo
2. Padmasambhava Becomes the Son and Successor of King Indrabodhi: The Life Story of Padmasambhava, discovered by Nyangral Nyima Oser
3. The Birth of Milarepa: The Life of Milarepa, Tsangnyon Heruka.
Milarepa Meets Marpa: The Life of Milarepa, Tsangnyon Heruka
5. Asanga Meets Maitreya: Words of My Perfect Teacher, Dza Paltrul Rinpoche
6. The Faith of the Old Woman: Words of My Perfect Teacher, Dza Paltrul Rinpoche
7. Tuning the Vina: Words of My Perfect Teacher, Dza Paltrul Rinpoche.
Meditating on Impermanence: Words of My Perfect Teacher, Dza Paltrul Rinpoche
9. The Life Story of Guru Saraha: Life Stories of The Eighty-Four Great Siddhas, Abhayadatta
10. The Life Story of Guru Kotalipa: Life Stories of The Eighty-Four Great Siddhas, Abhayadatta
11. The Life Story of Guru Santipa: Life Stories of The Eighty-Four Great Siddhas, Abhayadatta
12. How Atisa Was Invited to Tibet: Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, Phabongkha Rinpoche
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