Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines
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Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines is a twice-yearly (October and April) journal published by the UMR 8155 (CRCAO) of the CNRS, Paris. The Director of the RET is Dr Jean-Luc Achard, and the editorial board includes Drs. Alice Travers (CNRS) and Charles Ramble (EPHE).
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Number 72, Juillet 2024, Proceedings of the IATS 2022 Panel
Number 71, Juin 2024, Tibet and the Oirats — The Oirat Legacy and the Origins of Tibetology
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- Cover, contents (116 kb)
- Kamalaśīla’s Word Commentary to the Heart Sūtra, Translation and Edition (723 kb, pp. 5-82)
author: James B. Apple - Stairway from Heaven: Account of the Intermediate State (bar do’i rnam thar) of the Fourth Karma pa, Rol pa’i rdo rje (1340–1383) (300 kb, pp. 83-100)
author: Dominik Dell - A lag sha Ngag dbang bstan dar (1759-after August 1, 1840) on some Chinese Lexemes and the Chinese Language, Part Two (477 kb, pp. 101-137)
author: Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp - Our Tents Sometimes Vibrated with Roaring Laughter”: The Ernst Schaefer Tibet Expedition 1938-1939 (344 kb, pp. 138-179)
author: Roger Croston - Compte-rendu de : Michael Farmer, An Atlas of the Tibetan Plateau (89 kb, pp. 180-182)
author: Cathy Cantwell - Compte-rendu de Per Kværne and Dan Martin, Drenpa’s Proclamation, The Rise and Decline of the Bön Religion in Tibet (186 kb, pp. 183-190)
author: Dylan Esler - Compte-rendu de Christoph Cüppers, Karl-Heinz Everding, and Peter Schwieger, eds., A Life in Tibetan Studies: Festschrift for Dieter Schuh at the Occasion of his 80th Birthday (158 kb, pp. 191-196)
author: Per Kværne - Compte-rendu de Travers, Alice, Peter Schwieger and Charles Ramble, eds., Taxation in Tibetan Societies: Rules, Practices and Discourses (170 kb, pp. 197-202)
author: Per Kværne
Number 69, Mars 2024, New Research on the Mi la ras pa Biographical Compendia
Number 68, Janvier 2024 - For A Critical History of the Northern Treasures — II
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- Cover, contents (150 kb, pp. i-iv)
- Introduction — Northern Treasures: Lives and Deities — Fort a Critical History of the Northern Treasures II (182 kb, pp. 5-13)
author: Stéphane Arguillère, Cécile Ducher, Jean-Luc Achard - A Brief Note on the Northern Treasures of the Bon Tradition (346 kb, pp. 16-35)
author: Jean-Luc Achard - Feats of an eclectic Bon po master: dByil ston Khyung rgod rtsal’s ‘das log journey and gter ma rediscoveries (357 kb, pp. 36-68)
author: Roberto Vitali - A King of Dharma Forgotten on the Jewel Island: Was Me ban Chos rgyal Rin chen gling pa Rig ’dzin rGod ldem’s rDzogs chen Master? (How Half of the mKha’ ’gro snying thig Got Included in the dGongs pa zang thal) (795 kb, pp. 69-147)
author: Stéphane Arguillère - A Preliminary Analysis of the Prophetic Guides and Concealment Narratives of the Northern Treasure Tradition (246 kb, pp. 148-162)
author: Jay Holt Valentine - The significance of the Byang gter in the Life and Legacy of Thang stong rgyal po (549 kb, pp. 163-191)
author: Cécile Ducher - From Rāhula with Love: The Gruesome Liberation of Zhing shag pa Tshe brtan rdo rje as Told by his Compassionate Executioner (270 kb, pp. 192-205)
author: Simon Martin - Reflection on the Dzungar Persecution of the rNying ma School of Tibetan Buddhism in the 18th Century, Focusing on Its Causes and the Scale of the Destruction (417 kb, pp. 206-248)
author: Tenpa Tsering Batsang - Biography and Historiography: The Fifth rDo rje brag Rig ’dzin sKal bzang Padma dbang phyug (1720–1771) and His Travels (443 kb, pp. 249-278)
author: Franz-Karl Ehrhard - ’Khor gdong Monastery ’ja’ lus pa Lama sGrib bral (1946-2018) (673 kb, pp. 279-293)
author: Varvara Chatzisavva - Yamāntaka Among the Ancients: Mañjuśrī Master of Life in Context (909 kb, pp. 294-380)
author: Stéphane Arguillère - Favorable Ferocity: The Byang gter Rites that Invoke the Wrathful Deity Khro chu dug sdong (470 kb, pp. 381-404)
author: Amanda Brown - Divine Visions at the Last Breaths: A Creative Teaching on Dying in Rig ’dzin rGod ldem’s Great Perfection Anthology (251 kb, pp. 405-425)
author: Katarina Turpeinen - Section X2 of the Phyi nang gsang ba'i tshe sgrub: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the bsKul zhing gsol 'debs (505 kb, pp. 426-453)
author: Kanako Shinga - gNyan chen Thang lha and his Three Vows in Byang gter (372 kb, pp. 454-490)
author: Yuewei Wang - The Great Yakṣa of bSam yas: Ngag gi dbang po and the Tsi’u dmar po Oracle (335 kb, pp. 491-522)
author: Christopher Bell
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- Cover, contents (186 kb, pp. i-iv)
- The Zurkhang (zur khang; Adjunct House) in 1950s Kyidron (884 kb, pp. 5-25)
author: Geoff Childs - The Transmission Lineages of the Raktayamāri Tantric Cycles in the Sa skya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism: The Gshin rje chos ’byung of A mes zhabs Ngag dbang kun dga’ bsod nams (1597–1659) (475 kb, pp. 26-69)
author: Aleksandra Wenta - The salt trips in Tibet and the Himalayas: extraction and trade in pre-modern times (329 kb, pp. 70-103)
author: Santiago Lazcano - The Place of Dan ’bag pa sMra ba’i seng ge in the Tibetan Epistemological Tradition (280 kb, pp. 104-126)
author: Jonathan Stoltz - Against Pilgrimage: Materiality, Place, and Ambivalence in Tibetan Pilgrimage Literature (428 kb, pp. 127-158)
author: Catherine Hartmann - Empty Iridescent Spheres. Notes on the Metaphysics of Light in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Tantric Sources (375 kb, pp. 159-186)
author: Giacomella Orofino - Compte-rendu de Cuevas, J. Bryan. The Rwa Pod and Other ‘Lost’ Works of Rwa Lo tsā ba’s Vajrabhairava Tradition (183 kb, pp. 187-193)
author: Aleksandra Wenta - Compte-rendu de Hartmut Walravens, Agnes Stache-Weiske. Der Linguist Anton Schiefner (1817–1879) und sein Netzwerk (169 kb, pp. 194-199)
author: Alexander Zorin - Compte-rendu de Karine Gagné. Caring for Glaciers, Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas (104 kb, pp. 200-202)
author: Patrick Kaplanian - Compte-rendu de Christian Jahoda et Christiane Kalantari. Early West Tibetan Buddhist Monuments. Architecture, Art, History and Texts (135 kb, pp. 203-206)
author: Patrick Kaplanian
Number 64, Juillet 2022 - From Khyung lung to Lhasa, A Festschrift for Dan Martin
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- Cover, contents (128 kb, pp. 1-4)
- A Bout with Smallpox in Beijing: Personal Accounts of the Tibetan Statesman — Dga' bzhi pa Bsod nams bstan 'dzin dpal 'byor (1761–after 1810) and his Struggle with Smallpox (554 kb, pp. 5-48)
author: Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp & Ning Tien - A Brief History of the Tibetan Alphabetical Order (251 kb, pp. 49-61)
author: Elie Roux - Parody and Pathos: Sexual Transgression by “Fake” Lamas in Tibetan Short Stories (422 kb, pp. 62-94)
author: Holly Gayley and Somtso Bhum - Early Developments in Snying thig Practice: The Eighth Topic of Zhang Nyi ma ‘bum’s Rdzogs pa chen po tshig don bcu gcig pa (384 kb, pp. 95-130)
author: Khenpo Yeshi & Jacob P. Dalton - The Second dPa’ bo, gTsug lag phreng ba (1504–1566): Life and Works of the Great Sixteenth-Century Historian (465 kb, pp. 131-175)
author: Maria Bjerregaard & Dominik Dell - The Buddhist Practice of Mindfulness and its Adoption in Non-Religious Settings (348 kb, pp. 176-192)
author: Martina Draszczyk - Enduring Impermanence: Buddhism and Documentation in the Time Practices of Tibetan Migrants (220 kb, pp. 193-213)
author: Thomas van der Molen - Tombs of the Tibetan Emperors: Divine Descent and Mortal Remains in the Chongye Valley (2.8 MB, pp. 214-251)
author: William F. Romain - The Tsadra Lotsawa Workbench: Collaborative Lexicographical Tools for the Translation of Tibetan Buddhist Texts (1.8 MB, pp. 252-288)
author: Gregory Forgues - The Translation Endeavours of Shes rab grags Revisited: An Investigation of Translations Done by Pu rang lo chung Shes rab grags and ’Bro lo tsā ba Shes rab grags (5.3 MB, pp. 289-400)
author: Orna Almogi
Number 62, Février 2022 - For A Critical History of the Northern Treasures
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- Cover, contents (192 kb, pp. 1-4)
- Introduction — For A Critical History of the Northern Treasures (261 kb, pp. 5-21)
author: Stéphane Arguillère - Introduction to the Contents of this Special Issue (164 kb, pp. 22-28)
author: Jay Valentine - The rDo rje in the Details: A Note on sNa nam rDo rje bdud ‘joms (fl. eighth century) and His Role in Bringing Padmasambhava to Tibet (307 kb, pp. 29-50)
author: Elizabeth Angowski - The Longevity Practice of Vajrakīla Revealed by Rig 'dzin rGod ldem can: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the rDo rje phur pa'i tshe bsgrub (588 kb, pp. 51-90)
author: Kanako Shinga - The Life and Identity of mNga' ris Paṇ chen Padma dbang rgyal (1487-1542) – the Outstanding Master from Mustang, the “Ordinary Bodily Being” (1.3 MB, pp. 91-131)
author: Alexandra Sukhanova - The Heart Drops of Samantabhadra (Kun bzang snying tig) as revealed by mNga’ris paṇ chen (Padma dbang rgyal, 1487–1542) (387 kb, pp. 132-163)
author: Jean-Luc Achard - Tsi’u dmar po: How a Northern Treasure God Became Ecumenical (548 kb, pp. 164-189)
author: Christopher Bell - Yamāntaka’s Wrathful Magic: An Instance of the Ritual Legacy of gNubs chen Sangs rgyas ye shes on the Byang gter Tradition via the Figure of rGya Zhang khrom (317 kb, pp. 190-215)
author: Dylan Esler - An Introduction to The Chariot of Marvels: Northern Treasure Master Padma 'phrin las's Memoir of a Journey to Byang Ngam ring in 1690 (330 kb, pp. 216-232)
author: Jay Valentine - A History of the dGongs pa zang thal practice manuals (657 kb, pp. 233-298)
author: Stéphane Arguillère - Byang gter Bibliography (151 kb, pp. 299-305)
author: Jay Valentine & Stéphane Arguillère
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- Cover, contents (140 kb, pp. 1-4)
- Introduction (193 kb, pp. 5-19)
author: Lucia Galli and Kalsang Norbu Gurung - Lenders and Borrowers in Tibetan Society (214 kb, pp. 20-32)
author: Peter Schwieger - Debt, Dependency and the Moravian Mission in Kinnaur, 1865–1924 (615 kb, pp. 33-65)
author: John Bray - Latent Modernisation in Traditional Tibet: An Essay on the Evolution of Land Lease Systems in Tibetan Rural Society (228 kb, pp. 66-83)
author: Kensaku Okawa - Timepieces as Gifts: Exploring European Clocks and Watches in Tibet (310 kb, pp. 84-97)
author: Lobsang Yongdan - Economic Resources to Stabilise Power in Ladakh During the rNam rgyal Dynasty (16th‒19th Centuries) (1.4 MB, pp. 98-129)
author: Teresa Raffelsberger - Building Trust Within and Without. The Role of Costly Signalling, Ethnic Kinship, and Non-Sectarianism in the Socio-Economic Affirmation of 20th-century Khams pa Trading Firms (372 kb, pp. 130-161)
author: Lucia Galli - From Sacred Commodity to Religio-Economic Conundrum: Tracing the Tibetan Term dKor (423 kb, pp. 162-192)
author: Berthe Jansen - Measuring Income Inequality in Tibetan Society: Understanding the Different Amounts of Offerings and the Status of Tibetan Officials (322 kb, pp. 193-215)
author: Kalsang Norbu Gurung - Rule and Labour in Tibet: Constructing the Red Palace of the Potala (1.3 MB, pp. 216-240)
author: Peter Schwieger - Crime, Punishment and Socio-Economic Status in Mustang (Nepal) in the Early 19th Century (256 kb, pp. 241-257)
author: Charles Ramble
Number 55, Juillet 2020 - New Currents on the Neva River
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- Cover, contents (95 kb, pp. i-v)
- Regional Perspectives on the Origin and Early Spread of the Bon Religion based on Core Areas of Monastery Construction across the Tibetan Plateau (1.2 MB, pp. 5-27)
author: Karl E. Ryavec - Survey of the language use by Urban, Minyag-speaking — Tibetans: A case study on Minyag people living in Lucheng Town, Kangding Municipality, Ganzi Prefecture (193 kb, pp. 28-46)
author: Dawa Drolma - A Tibetan Journey - Interview with Samten G. Karmay (450 kb, pp. 47-65)
author: Katia Buffetrille - Wrathful and Peaceful Sound: Musical and Religious Logics of the Two-armed Mahākāla Ritual (470 kb, pp. 66-94)
author: Yanfang Liou - Tibetan Refugees in India: The Challenges of Applying for Indian Citizenship (403 kb, pp. 95-113)
author: Abhinav Seetharaman - On the Life of Chos rgyal bsod nams (1442-1509): Unlocking the Mysteries of a Byang gter Master from Mustang (266 kb, pp. 114-146)
author: Jay Holt Valentine - The Brief Hagiography of Jokpa Jangchup Penden (1.9 MB, pp. 147-195)
author: Christopher Bell - “Mom, Can I Become a Han Officer?” Childhood Memories, Politics, Emancipation and Intimacy in the Chinese-Written Autobiographical Essays of Blo gros chos mtsho, a Khampa Woman (1909/1910–1949) (629 kb, pp. 196-240)
author: Lara Maconi - From Sūtra Collections to Kanjurs: Tracing a Network of Buddhist Canonical Literature across the Western and Central Himalayas (498 kb, pp. 241-260)
author: Markus Viehbeck - Henrion-Dourcy, Isabelle, 2017. Le théâtre ache lhamo. Jeux et enjeux d’une tradition tibétaine (105 kb, pp. 261-266)
author: Dylan Esler - Geoff Childs and Namgyal Choedup’s From a Trickle to a Torrent: Education, Migration, and Social Change in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal (96 kb, pp. 267-270)
author: Hanna Havnevik - Jinah Kim: Receptacle of the Sacred: Illustrated Manuscripts and the Buddhist Book Cult in South Asia (92 kb, pp. 271-274)
author: Patrick Dowd - Karl Debreczeny (ed.): Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism (118 kb, pp. 275-279)
author: Jean-Luc Achard
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- Cover, contents (92 kb, pp. i-iv)
- The Bon po sMan sgrub Ritual: Medicinal Materiality of a Universal Healing Ceremony (347 kb, pp. 5-45)
author: Anna Sehnalova - Two new high-altitude petroglyph localities in the Tsomoriri and Phirse Pho valleys, southeast Ladakh, India (629 kb, pp. 46-69)
author: William E. (Bill) Boyd, Kapil Negi, Saresh Thakur, Puran Chand, Geoff Bartram, William Meertens, Peter Slavich - Heavenly Ascents after Death, Karma Chags med’s Commentary on Mind Transference (593 kb, pp. 70-89)
author: Georgios T. Halkias - In Search of the Lost Manuscript: The Obscure Recension History of the Tenth-Century Text The Lamp for the Eye in Meditation (881 kb, pp. 90-118)
author: Manuel Lopez - Rethinking Treasure (part one) (646 kb, pp. 119-184)
author: Robert Mayer - 'Share the sweets', An introspective analysis of copulas following adjectives in Modern Standard Tibetan (163 kb, pp. 185-192)
author: Sonam Dugdak & Nathan W. Hill - Ippolito Desideri’s Tibetan Works and the Problem of ARSI Goa 74, fols. 47r-92v (221 kb, pp. 193-216)
author: Trent Pomplun - When Fools Cannot Win: Social Determinism and Political Pragmatism in Bodong’s Reception of Sakya Legshe (312 kb, pp. 217-250)
author: Miguel Álvarez Ortega - The Body of Skyid shod sprul sku: The Mid-Seventeenth Century Ties between Central Tibet, the Oirat Mongols, and Dgon lung Monastery in Amdo (870 kb, pp. 251-283)
author: Brenton Sullivan - In his Name: The Fake Royal Biography—Fabricated Prophecy and Literary Imposture (2.4 MB, pp. 284-335)
author: Per K. Sørensen - Compte-rendu de: ”Rossi, Donatella (ed.), Fili di seta. Introduzione al pensiero filosofico e religioso dell'Asia” (100 kb, pp. 336-340)
author: Per Kværne
Number 51, Juillet 2019 - Perspectives on Tibetan Culture
Number 50, Juin 2019 - Tibetan Religion and the Senses
Number 49, Mai 2019 - Reflections on Social Status in the Tibetan World
Number 44, Mars 2018 - Etudes rDzogs chen — Volume II
Number 43, Janvier 2018 - Etudes rDzogs chen — Volume I
Number 40, Juillet 2017 - Studies in The Tibetan Performing Arts
Number 38, Février 2017 - The Tulku (sprul sku) Institution in Tibetan Buddhism
Number 31, Février 2015 - Papers for Elliot Sperling
Cumulative Index, Table des Matières récapitulative, 1 - 15, Août 2009
Number 15, Novembre 2008 - Tibetan Studies in Honour of Samten Karmay, Part II
Number 14, Octobre 2008 - Tibetan Studies in Honour of Samten Karmay, Part I
Number 11, Juin 2006 - The sGang steng-b rNying ma'i rGyud 'bum manuscript from Bhutan