Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'bras Tradition in Tibet, Cyrus Stearns' 2001 study from Wisdom Publications, is a scholarly account of the early lineage masters of the Lamdre tradition. Its strength is that Stearns worked from Tibetan-language sources and this is a peer-reviewed academic work from an established Buddhist studies press. Its limit is that hagiographical lineage narratives of this kind mix historical memory with devotional legend, a distinction Stearns' own scholarly apparatus addresses but a reader should keep in mind.
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Cyrus Stearns's Luminous Lives, published by Wisdom Publications in 2001, is a peer reviewed academic work from an established Buddhist studies press, built from Tibetan language sources, treated at the top tier. NotesScholarly study of the early masters of the Lamdre tradition in Tibet, Wisdom Publications, 2001.
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AuthorCyrus Stearns
PublisherWisdom Publications
Publication Year2001
Source TypeScholarly work
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 2 claims: 2 general references.
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