02076cam a2200253 i 4500 160721s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng 9780190244033 9780190244026 SDU BQ968 D722 2016 The life of the Madman of Ü / David M. DiValerio. New York : Oxford University Press, 2016 232 p.: ill. HKBU library YT2025 M10 "The Life of the Madman of Ü tells the story of Künga Zangpo (1458-1532), a famous Tibetan Buddhist ascetic of the Kagyü sect. Having grown weary of the trials of human existence, Künga Zangpo renounced the world during his teenage years, committing himself to learning and practicing the holy Dharma as a monk. Some years later he would give up his monkhood to take on a unique tantric asceticism that entailed dressing in human remains, wandering from place to place, and provoking others to attack him physically, among other norm-overturning behaviors. It was because of this asceticism that Künga Zangpo came to be known as the Madman of Ü. David M. Divalerio translates this biography, originally written in two parts in 1494 and 1537, making accessible to a modern audience a rich depiction of religious life in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Tibet. The book also details Künga Zangpo's many miracles, a testament to the spiritual perfection he attained. His final thirty years were spent at his monastery of Tsimar Pel, where he dispensed teachings to his numerous disciples and followers. The Life of this remarkable and controversial figure, now available in English for the first time, provides new means for understanding the tradition of the "holy madman" (smyon pa) in Tibetan Buddhism."-- Kun-dgaʼ-bzang-po, 1458-1532. 222476 Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa (Sect) 222477 RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan. 222478 HISTORY / Asia / General. DiValerio, David M., translator. 222479 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 113566 113566 0 0 lcc 0 BQ0968 D722 02016 0 CGB 283762 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-10-02 2 0 BQ968 D722 2016 1000386756 2025-10-02 00:00:00 C.1 2025-10-02 GBE