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| #1342787 in Books | 2015-07-06 | 2015-07-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.10 x1.10 x9.10l,.0 | File type: PDF | 368 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Not really so mad.|By PCH|A lengthy discussion of a continuing Tibetan tradition with fascinating details of interest to modern practitioners. The author seems unaware that it is practiced in the United States and Europe today. He clearly did a lot of research with original sources from centuries ago.|3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.|||"Nyönpas, or religious madmen, stand among the most colorful and influential figures in the transmission of Buddhism across the Himalaya. Blending translation, historical analysis, and contemporary ethnography, DiValerio offers our broadest and most text
Throughout the past millennium, certain Tibetan Buddhist yogins have taken on profoundly norm-overturning modes of dress and behavior, including draping themselves in human remains, consuming filth, provoking others to violence, and even performing sacrilege. They became known far and wide as "madmen" (smyon pa, pronounced nyönpa), achieving a degree of saintliness in the process. This book offers the first comprehensive study of Tibet's "holy madmen" drawing on the...
You easily download any file type for your device.The Holy Madmen of Tibet | David M. DiValerio. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
