Travels in the netherworld Buddhist popular narratives of death and the afterlife in Tibet

'Travels in the Netherworld' examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the 'dâelok', ordinary men and women who claim to have died traveled through hell, and then returned from the dead

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cuevas, Bryan J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2008, 2008
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:'Travels in the Netherworld' examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the 'dâelok', ordinary men and women who claim to have died traveled through hell, and then returned from the dead
Physical Description:viii, 199 p.
ISBN:9780199851706
0199851700