The Sound of Vultures' Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jeffrey W. Cupchik, Pencho Rabgey (Foreword by)Series:Suny Religious StudiesPublish date:2024-02-01Pages:460
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438464411ISBN-10:143846441XUPC:9781438464411Book Category:Religion, MusicBook Subcategory:Buddhism, EthnomusicologyBook Topic:Rituals & Practice, TibetanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.19 inchesWeight:1.8607Product ID:SCXTKMG681
The Sound of Vultures' Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön
The Sound of Vultures' Wings offers the first in-depth exploration of the music of the Tibetan Ch?d tradition, which is based on the liturgical song-poems of the twelfth-century Tibetan female ascetic Machik Labdr?n (1055-1153). Ch?d is a musical-meditative Vajrayāna method for cutting off the root of suffering, our mistaken view of a self. The Ch?d practitioner applies the antidote to...
Series: Suny Religious Studies
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438464411ISBN-10:143846441XUPC:9781438464411Book Category:Religion, MusicBook Subcategory:Buddhism, EthnomusicologyBook Topic:Rituals & Practice, TibetanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.19 inchesWeight:1.8607Product ID:SCXTKMG681
Jeffrey W. Cupchik is an ethnomusicologist specializing in Buddhist studies, ritual music, and anthropology of religion. He has spent over twenty years studying Tibetan language, music, culture, and religion in Tibetan communities in India, Nepal, Tibet, Canada, and the United States.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
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