Crazy for Wisdom - The Making of a Mad Yogin in Fifteenth-Century Tibet

Best known today as the author of the Life of Milarepa, Tsangnyön Heruka (1452-1507) was one of the most influential mad yogins of Tibet. Stefan Larsson's Crazy for Wisdom, describes Tsangnyön Heruka's life, based on narratives by his disciples, and examines an unexpected aspect of fifteenth-century Tibetan Buddhist practice.

About the author

Stefan Larsson, Ph.D. (2009) in History of Religions, Stockholm University, is a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses upon the non-monastic and practice-oriented aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly as evidenced in Buddhist songs and biographical literature.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Larsson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2012
• EAN: 9789004203938
• ISBN: 978-90-04-20393-8
• No. of pages: 374
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 244 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 694 g
• Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Librar
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions