02720cam a2200481Mu 4500 ocn769343063 OCoLC 20200709055451.0 m d cr |n| 111226s2011 gw o 000 0 eng d EBLCP EBLCP YDXCP N$T 9783110225655 (electronic bk.) 3110225654 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)769343063 420502 (N$T) BQ6450.C6 REL 007020 bisacsh 294.34351 N$TA van Schaik, Sam. Manuscripts and Travellers [electronic resource] : The Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-century Buddhist Pilgrim. Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011. 1 online resource (256 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I. Cultural Context and Historical Connections; 2 The Dunhuang Manuscripts; 3 Buddhist Pilgrimage to the West in the Tenth Century; 4 Tibetans of the Borderlands; Part II. The Manuscript; 5 The Structure of the Manuscript; 6 From the Gantong Monastery; 7 The Baoenjing; 8 The Tibetan Tantric Texts; 9 The Letters of Passage; 10 Conclusions; Maps; Bibliography; Index; Plates; This study is based on a Sino-Tibetan manuscript from the late 960s, carried by a Chinese pilgrim through the Hexi corridor on his way from Wutaishan to India. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction that functioned as a passport as the monk stopped in monasteries on his way. The manuscript is a unique contemporarytestimony of the large pilgrimage movement known from historical sources. It also provides evidence for the high degree of ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity in Western China during this period. Religion. Dunhuang manuscripts. Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages China. Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages Tibet Region. RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice bisacsh Electronic books. Galambos, Imre. Schaik, Sam Van. Print version: van Schaik, Sam Manuscripts and Travellers : The Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-century Buddhist Pilgrim Berlin : De Gruyter,c2011 9783110225648 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=827285 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=420502 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL827285 YBP Library Services YANK 7299105 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50900 50900