UBC Himalaya Program is hosting a talk whi ch will consider the topic of incarnate lamas (tulkus)—births of t he same awakened consciousness in successive human bodies. It will focus pa rticularly on the practices used to locate subsequent incarnations of decea sed Tibetan lamas. These practices involve analyzing prophecies and divinat ions\, as well as evaluating child tulku candidates in a well-known test re quiring the identification of a deceased master’s personal implements out o f a group of duplicate objects. This talk will examine literary depictions of these practices in Tibetan literature\, focusing on cases that have yiel ded contested results.
Speaker bio: Ben Wood is an instructor with the Department of Asian Studies at Langara College. His research focuses on Tibetan and South Asian Buddhist literature\, part icularly the genres of Tibetan Buddhist biography\, autobiography\, and mon astic history. His recent publications have examined literary portrayals of a number of aspects of Tibetan Buddhist monastic life\, such as childhood\ , economy\, violence\, and sexual misconduct. He also works on a collaborat ive SSHRC-funded project entitled “Gold\, Statue\, Text: Visualizing Moveme nt in Tibetan History\,” which uses digital tools to map the historical mov ement of persons and things around the central Tibetan site of Shalu Monast ery.
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