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The Biographies of Rechung-pa: The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography (RoutledgeCurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism) by Peter Alan Roberts; Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries.</p> <p>Peter Alan Roberts compares significant episodes in the life of Rechungpa as portrayed in a succession of texts, and thus demonstrates the evolution of Rechungpa's biography. This is the first survey of the sur
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Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Peter Alan Roberts; Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
- Publisher
- London ; New York: Routledge
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780203963388
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Buddhism, Science, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25