{"product_id":"studying-the-bka-gyur-and-bstan-gyur-hardcover","title":"Studying the Bka' 'Gyur and Bstan 'Gyur - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Heckman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAdam C. Krug\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRory Lindsay\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains groundbreaking research from scholars specializing in the Buddhist literature preserved in Tibetan translation in the \u003ci\u003eBka' 'gyur\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBstan 'gyur\u003c\/i\u003e collections. The authors of these chapters examine Tibetan strategies for organizing \u003ci\u003eVinaya\u003c\/i\u003e literature, polemical debates and issues of apocrypha in the \u003ci\u003edhāraṇī\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003esutra\u003c\/i\u003e literature, the formulation of the \u003ci\u003ePhug brag\u003c\/i\u003e compendium of \u003ci\u003edhāraṇī\u003c\/i\u003es, the transmission of tantra collections in the Mustang \u003ci\u003eBka' 'gyur\u003c\/i\u003es, the \u003ci\u003ekriyātantra\u003c\/i\u003e tradition of the Goddess Mārīcī, linguistic analyses of the \u003ci\u003emahāsiddha\u003c\/i\u003e Saraha's abecedarian poetry, and Buddhaśrījñāna's work the \u003ci\u003eJinamārgāvatāra\u003c\/i\u003e as a window onto the lived tradition of Buddhist authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Heckman\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD (2023) University of Toronto, is an Associate Translator for 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. Heckman's recent research focuses on stories about nuns in the \u003ci\u003eMūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya\u003c\/i\u003e, with an emphasis on fourteenth-century Tibetan editorial and digesting practices. Her current book project is a translation and study of Butön Rinchen Drub's digest of \u003ci\u003evinaya\u003c\/i\u003e narratives involving nuns. \u003cb\u003eAdam Krug\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD (2018) University of California, Santa Barbara, is an Associate Translator for 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha who specializes in the Buddhist tantric literature of South Asia and Tibet. He has published numerous translations and academic articles, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Siddhi Texts: Mahāmudrā Instructions from the Oḍiyāna Siddhas\u003c\/i\u003e (Wisdom; AIBS\/Columbia 2025).  \u003cb\u003eRory Lindsay\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD (2018) Harvard University, is an assistant professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto and a research editor at 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSaving the Dead: Tibetan Funerary Rituals in the Tradition of the Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Tantra\u003c\/i\u003e (Vienna: Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.25 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56555611390257,"sku":"9789004755543","price":152.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/CZ4tNYkGkn9789004755543.webp?v=1790761863","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/studying-the-bka-gyur-and-bstan-gyur-hardcover","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}