A Classical Tibetan Reader' answers a long-standing need for well chosen readings to accompany courses in classical Tibetan language. Professor Bentor has built her Tibetan reader out of time-tested selections from texts that she has worked with while teaching classical Tibetan over the past twenty years. She has assembled here a selection of Tibetan narratives, organized to introduce students of the language to complex material gradually, and to arm them with ample reference materials in the form of glossaries customized to individual readings. Instructors will find this reader an invaluable tool for preparing lesson plans and providing high-quality reading material to their students. Students, too, will find the selections contained in the reader engaging. Even novice readers of Tibetan will feel welcomed and encouraged, thanks to the author's astute judgment of student capacity.
Preface
Abbreviations The Thirty Tibetan Letters Identifying the Root LetterTable of Connectors
1. How the Stupa Was Constructed and Consecrated'The History of Bodhanath Stupa,' discovered by Yolmo Tulku Shakya Sangpo
2. Padmasambhava Becomes the Son and Successor of King Indrabodhi'The Life Story of Padmasambhava,' discovered by Nyangral Nyima Oser
3. The Birth of Milarepa'The Life of Milarepa,' Tsangnyon Heruka4. Milarepa Meets Marpa'The Life of Milarepa,' Tsangnyon Heruka
5. Asanga Meets Maitreya'Words of My Perfect Teacher,' Dza Paltrul Rinpoche
6. The Faith of the Old Woman'Words of My Perfect Teacher,' Dza Paltrul Rinpoche
7. Tuning the Vina'Words of My Perfect Teacher,' Dza Paltrul Rinpoche8. Meditating on Impermanence'Words of My Perfect Teacher,' Dza Paltrul Rinpoche
9. The Life Story of Guru Saraha'Life Stories of The Eighty-Four Great Siddhas,' Abhayadatta
10. The Life Story of Guru Kotalipa'Life Stories of The Eighty-Four Great Siddhas,' Abhayadatta
11. The Life Story of Guru Santipa'Life Stories of The Eighty-Four Great Siddhas,' Abhayadatta
12. How Atisa Was Invited to Tibet'Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand,' Phabongkha RinpocheTranslations
Biographical Note:Yael Bentor is a senior lecturer of Indian and Tibetan Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, specializing in the areas of tantra, ritual, and meditation. She is the author of 'The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: Explanation of the Creation Stage of the Guhyasamaja, King of All Tantras,' translated with Penpa Dorjee (AIBS, 2013).
Yael Bentor received her PhD in Tibetan Studies from Indiana University
in 1991. Since then has been teaching Classical Tibetan language as well
as classes on Tibetan Buddhism and culture, at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. Among her publications are: Consecration of Images and Stūpas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996); A Classical Tibetan Reader: Excerpts from Renowned Works with Custom Glossaries (Wisdom Publication), The
Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: Explanation of the Creation Stage
of the Guhyasamāja, King of All Tantras, by the First Panchen Rinpoche,
Blo-bzang-chos-kyi-rgyal-mtshan, translated with Penpa Dorjee (New
York: The American Institute of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University
in New York with Columbia Universitys Center for Buddhist Studies and
Tibet House US).
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