Travels in the Netherworld

Buddhist Popular Narratives of Death and the Afterlife in Tibet

By Bryan J. Cuevas

📦 Archived

This work is only recommended for those with a special interest.

Online

An introduction to the delok literature of Tibet: the “fire and brimstone” morality tales which inherited the Indian “ghost story” tradition and contrast with the more philosophical “Book of the Dead” literature you may be familiar with.

Published in 2011 by The New Books Network.

Bibtex Data

@misc{cuevas-bryan2011-travels-in-the-netherworld,
    title={{T}ravels in the {N}etherworld: {B}uddhist {P}opular {N}arratives of {D}eath and the {A}fterlife in {T}ibet},
    author={Bryan J. Cuevas},
    publisher={The New Books Network},
    year=2011,
    month=sep,
    keywords={ghosts, petavatthu, cosmology, death, hell, tibetan},
    ranking={rank2},
    url={https://newbooksnetwork.com/bryan-j-cuevas-travels-in-the-netherworld-buddhist-popular-narratives-of-death-and-the-afterlife-in-tibet-oxford-up-2008}
}

Added

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:23:32 +0700