| FA-52305-06 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Matthew Kapstein | Visions, Dreams, and Apocrypha in a Tibetan Buddhist Tradition | 7/1/2006 - 12/31/2006 | $24,000.00 | Matthew | | Kapstein | | | | University of Chicago | Chicago | IL | 60637-5418 | USA | 2005 | Nonwestern Religion | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 24000 | 0 | 24000 | 0 |
The present project will bring to completion a detailed study, accompanied by annotated translations of pertinent primary texts, of the origins and development of the spiritual tradition of Shang, a Tibetan esoteric Buddhist school. The work addresses several key issues in the contemporary history and philosophy of religions, including: the role of apocryphal scriptural production in the formation of new traditions; the construction of historical frameworks serving to rationalize religious systems; the doctrinal and practical elaboration of programs of spiritual exercisel; and the role of cultivated adepts in the establishment of new centers of religious authority. |