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This book offers the first in-depth examination of the life and
writings of Lama Zhang (1122-1193), key figure in the "Tibetan
renaissance." Controversial, larger-than-life, already revered as a
literary innovator and tantric meditation master, Zhang entered
public life in mid-career and forged a new model of rulership and
religious community that would set the standard for later religious
rulers of Lhasa most notably the Dalai Lamas. The focus of the
model was the tantric hermit who comes down from the mountains and
sustains a worldly community through his mastery of space, time,
and symbol. The subject is approached through a complex of related
issues: lineage and tradition-formation, charisma and hegemony,
literary genre, textual economy, and the politics of tantra.
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