Dudjom Rinpoche's Vajrakīlaya Works - A Study in Authoring, Compiling, and Editing Texts in the Tibetan Revelatory Tradition - Cathy Cantwell
Introduction
Dudjom Rinpoche's Vajrakīlaya Works - A Study in Authoring, Compiling, and Editing Texts in the Tibetan Revelatory Tradition - Cathy Cantwell
Cathy Cantwell [+]
University of Oxford and University of Kent
Cathy Cantwell is an Associate Faculty Member at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent. She has specialized in Tibetan and Himalayan tantric rituals of all periods from the tenth century CE, including text critical and historical analysis, as well as ethnographic study of contemporary rituals. She was President of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies, 2015–2021.
Description
The book begins by introducing the theme of "authorship", along with the three specific elements in the title, that is, the Tibetan master concerned, Dudjom Rinpoche (bdud 'joms 'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje, 1904-1987); the tantric deity, Vajrakīlaya; and the Tibetan Revelatory Tradition. There is a section on Dudjom Rinpoche's Collected Works; and an outline of the book's chapters.