Kurtis R Schaeffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1248068 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kurtis R Schaeffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kurtis R |
| FAMILY NAME | Schaeffer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHAEFFER K R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Multidisciplinary Reflections on an Active Layer/Permafrost Core in Boreal Alaska
Cultural Brokers and Other Historiographic Metaphors: Perspectives from Indo-Tibetan Cultural History
This contribution discusses the two analytical concepts of »Indo-Tibetan« Buddhism and »cultural broker«, and shows how both can (still) be usefully applied. The term »Indo- Tibetan« Buddhism, though today outdated, can help us to describe specific configurations in the history of Buddhism. The use of the concept of »cultural broker«, which developed in the field of social anthropology and was adopted in the field of historical studies, is shown …
Dying Like Milarépa: Death Accounts in a Tibetan Hagiographic Tradition
The Resolve to Become a Buddha: A Study of the Bodhicitta Concept in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, written by Dorji Wangchuk
Sources of Tibetan tradition
International audience
The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses, Representations
In its teachings, practices, and institutions, Buddhism in its varied Asian forms has been—and continues to be—centrally concerned with death and the dead. Yet surprisingly "death in Buddhism" has received little sustained scholarly attention. The Buddhist Dead offers the first comparative investigation of this topic across the major Buddhist cultures of India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Tibet, and Burma. Its individual essays, representing a range…
The Culture of the Book in Tibet
The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society. Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envi…
Jaar Letter of Apology
IN THE MARCH 2007 issue (75[1]) of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, we published a review of two books, The Hindu World and The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism, which did not meet the criteria by which we at the JAAR seek to hold ourselves accountable. Apart from poor editorial control of the review itself, what is crucial is that the review was done by a person with no recognized scholarly competency in the field of religious stu…
Dreaming the Great Brahmin
This book explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art, ritual, and even dream visions. Looking at the cultural and literary history of the well-known Indian Buddhist poet saint Saraha, known as the Great Brahmin, this book argues that we should view Saraha not as the founder of a tradition, but rather as its product. The book shows how images, tales, and teachings of Saraha were transmitted, transformed…
Dreaming the Great Brahmin: Tibetan traditions of the Buddhist poet-saint Saraha
'Dreaming the Great Brahmin' explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art ritual and even dream visions.
Meeting the Great Brahmin in Rituals, Paintings, and Dreams
This chapter examines the works of Saraha in the context of rituals, visual arts, praise literature, and dream journeys. It attempts to show that Saraha was not merely a master of the past for Tibetan writers but also a powerful spiritual figure accessible in the continual present. It suggests that the importance of Saraha and the Eighty-Four Adepts lie in the ritual context that aspirants could imagine the presence of this enlightened master mor…
Himalayan Hermitess
Himalayan hermitess: The life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun
Orgyan Chokyi spent her entire life in Dolpo, expressly forbidden to write her life story by her master. Despite being illiterate she did so anyway, after receiving divine inspiration to compose one of the most forthright and engaging spiritual autobiographies of the Tibetan literary tradition.
A Letter to the Editors of the Buddhist Canon in Fourteenth-Century Tibet: The "Yig mkhan rnams la gdams pa" of Bu ston Rin chen grub
Textual Scholarship, Medical Tradition, and Mahāyāna Buddhist Ideals in Tibet
The Attainment of Immortality: From Nāathas in India to Buddhists in Tibet
The Religious Career of Vairocanavajra – A Twelfth-Century Indian Buddhist Master from Daksina Kośala
Textual Scholarship, Medical Tradition, and Mahāyāna Buddhist Ideals in Tibet
The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses, Representations
In its teachings, practices, and institutions, Buddhism in its varied Asian forms has been—and continues to be—centrally concerned with death and the dead. Yet surprisingly "death in Buddhism" has received little sustained scholarly attention. The Buddhist Dead offers the first comparative investigation of this topic across the major Buddhist cultures of India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Tibet, and Burma. Its individual essays, representing a range…
The Attainment of Immortality: From Nāathas in India to Buddhists in Tibet
The Religious Career of Vairocanavajra – A Twelfth-Century Indian Buddhist Master from Daksina Kośala
A Letter to the Editors of the Buddhist Canon in Fourteenth-Century Tibet: The "Yig mkhan rnams la gdams pa" of Bu ston Rin chen grub
The Religious Career of Vairocanavajra – A Twelfth-Century Indian Buddhist Master from Daksina Kośala
The Attainment of Immortality: From Nāathas in India to Buddhists in Tibet
Textual Scholarship, Medical Tradition, and Mahāyāna Buddhist Ideals in Tibet
Himalayan Hermitess
Himalayan hermitess: The life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun
Orgyan Chokyi spent her entire life in Dolpo, expressly forbidden to write her life story by her master. Despite being illiterate she did so anyway, after receiving divine inspiration to compose one of the most forthright and engaging spiritual autobiographies of the Tibetan literary tradition.
A Letter to the Editors of the Buddhist Canon in Fourteenth-Century Tibet: The "Yig mkhan rnams la gdams pa" of Bu ston Rin chen grub
Dreaming the Great Brahmin
This book explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art, ritual, and even dream visions. Looking at the cultural and literary history of the well-known Indian Buddhist poet saint Saraha, known as the Great Brahmin, this book argues that we should view Saraha not as the founder of a tradition, but rather as its product. The book shows how images, tales, and teachings of Saraha were transmitted, transformed…
Dreaming the Great Brahmin: Tibetan traditions of the Buddhist poet-saint Saraha
'Dreaming the Great Brahmin' explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art ritual and even dream visions.
Meeting the Great Brahmin in Rituals, Paintings, and Dreams
This chapter examines the works of Saraha in the context of rituals, visual arts, praise literature, and dream journeys. It attempts to show that Saraha was not merely a master of the past for Tibetan writers but also a powerful spiritual figure accessible in the continual present. It suggests that the importance of Saraha and the Eighty-Four Adepts lie in the ritual context that aspirants could imagine the presence of this enlightened master mor…
Jaar Letter of Apology
IN THE MARCH 2007 issue (75[1]) of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, we published a review of two books, The Hindu World and The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism, which did not meet the criteria by which we at the JAAR seek to hold ourselves accountable. Apart from poor editorial control of the review itself, what is crucial is that the review was done by a person with no recognized scholarly competency in the field of religious stu…
The Culture of the Book in Tibet
The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society. Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envi…
The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses, Representations
In its teachings, practices, and institutions, Buddhism in its varied Asian forms has been—and continues to be—centrally concerned with death and the dead. Yet surprisingly "death in Buddhism" has received little sustained scholarly attention. The Buddhist Dead offers the first comparative investigation of this topic across the major Buddhist cultures of India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Tibet, and Burma. Its individual essays, representing a range…
Sources of Tibetan tradition
International audience
The Resolve to Become a Buddha: A Study of the Bodhicitta Concept in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, written by Dorji Wangchuk
Dying Like Milarépa: Death Accounts in a Tibetan Hagiographic Tradition
Cultural Brokers and Other Historiographic Metaphors: Perspectives from Indo-Tibetan Cultural History
This contribution discusses the two analytical concepts of »Indo-Tibetan« Buddhism and »cultural broker«, and shows how both can (still) be usefully applied. The term »Indo- Tibetan« Buddhism, though today outdated, can help us to describe specific configurations in the history of Buddhism. The use of the concept of »cultural broker«, which developed in the field of social anthropology and was adopted in the field of historical studies, is shown …
Multidisciplinary Reflections on an Active Layer/Permafrost Core in Boreal Alaska
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