Sam Van Schaik
Auteur van Tibet: A History
Over de Auteur
Sam Van Schaik is head of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library. He has previously worked for the International Dunhuang Project and has been a principal investigator on several major research projects. He is the author of many books including Tibet: A History, Tibetan Zen, The toon meer Spirit of Zen, and The Spirit of Tibetan Buddhism. toon minder
Werken van Sam Van Schaik
Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig (1605) 41 exemplaren
Buddhist Magic: Divination, Healing, and Enchantment through the Ages (2020) — Auteur — 34 exemplaren
Manuscripts and travellers the Sino-Tibetan documents of a tenth-century Buddhist pilgrim (2011) 4 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Schaik, Sam Julius van
- Geboortedatum
- 1972
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Opleiding
- University of Manchester
- Beroepen
- Tibetologist
- Organisaties
- British Library
International Dunhuang Project
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- Werken
- 10
- Ook door
- 1
- Leden
- 272
- Populariteit
- #85,118
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 24
- Talen
- 3
In Buddhist Magic, van Schaik takes a book of spells and rituals--one of the earliest that has survived--from the Silk Road site of Dunhuang as the key reference point for discussing Buddhist magic in Tibet and beyond. After situating Buddhist magic within a cross-cultural history of world magic, he discusses sources of magic in Buddhist scripture, early Buddhist rituals of protection, medicine and the spread of Buddhism, and magic users. Including material from across the vast array of Buddhist traditions, van Schaik offers readers a fascinating, nuanced view of a topic that has too long been ignored.… (meer)