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 80, Janvier 2026 — Northern Treasures Histories – volume I — Before Rigdzin Gödem
Number 78, Juin 2025, Sprouts of Early Twentieth Century Tibetan National Consciousness
Number 77, Mai 2025, Responding to Epidemic Outbreaks in Tibetan Contexts
Number 75, Mars 2025, New Directions and Emergent Conversations in Tibetan Studies
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
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
Number 64, Juillet 2022 - From Khyung lung to Lhasa, A Festschrift for Dan Martin
Number 62, Février 2022 - For A Critical History of the Northern Treasures
Number 55, Juillet 2020 - New Currents on the Neva River
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
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- Cover, contents (176 kb, pp. i-iv)
- Préambule (72 kb, p. 198)
author: Anne-Marie Blondeau - Le Réseau des mille dieux-démons: mythes et classifications (708 kb, pp. 199-250)
author: Anne-Marie Blondeau - Les bKa' brgyad - Sources canoniques et tradition de Nyang ral Myi ma 'od zer (444 kb, pp. 251-274)
author: Tenzin Samphel - The Sun of the Heart and the Bai-ro-rgyud-'bum (284 kb, pp. 275-288)
author: Matthew T. Kapstein - Enduring myths: smrang, rabs and ritual in the Dunhuang texts on Padmasambhava (428 kb, pp. 289-312)
author: Cathy Cantwell and Rob Mayer - The Malevolent Spirits of sTang Valley (Bumthang) — A Bhutanese account (304 kb, pp. 313-330)
author: Kunzang Choden - Tuvinian images of demons from Tibet (380 kb, pp. 331-336)
author: Peter Schwieger - The Buddhist princess and the woolly turban: non-Buddhist others in a 15th century biography (328 kb, pp. 337-356)
author: Hildegard Diemberger - The Cult of Radrap (Ra dgra), 'nep' of Wangdue Phodrang (Bhutan) (252 kb, pp. 357-370)
author: Tandin Dorji - mKha' 'gro dbang mo'i rnam thar, The Biography of the gTer ston ma bDe chen chos kyi dbang mo (1868-1927?) (188 kb, pp. 371-378)
author: Donatella Rossi - A tentative classification of the bya ru can kings of Zhang zhung (624 kb, pp. 379-420)
author: Roberto Vitali - sTon pa gShen rab: six Marriages and many more funerals (824 kb, pp. 421-480)
author: Henk Blezer - A nineteenth-century Bonpo pilgrim in Western Tibet and Nepal: Episodes from the life of dKar ru grub dbang bsTan 'dzin rin chen (392 kb, pp. 481-502)
author: Charles Ramble - Le Corps d'Arc-en-Ciel ('ja' lus) de Shardza Rinpoche illustrant la perfection de la Voie rDzogs chen (560 kb, pp. 503-532)
author: Jean-Luc Achard - Bonpo Tantrics in Kokonor Area (328 kb, pp. 533-552)
author: Tsering Thar
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
