About the Author:
Samten Gyaltsen Karmay, M. Phil. (1975) in History of Religions; Ph.D. (1985) in Philosophy, University of London, is Director of Research emeritus at National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris. He has published books dealing with the religions, history and anthropology of Tibet including The Great Perfection, (Brill 1988); Secret Visions of the Fifth Dalai Lama, The Gold Manuscript of the Fournier Collection (Serindia, London 1988) and The Arrow and the Spindle (Mandala, Kathmandu 1988, 2005).
Review:
'It is the great merit of this book that Karmay clearly explains the importance of the rDzogs-chen tradition in Tibet.'J.W. de Jong, Indo-Iranian Journal, 1991.'...ein auļæ½erordentlich interessanter, gedankenreicher und auf einer immensen Kenntnis von Primarquellen basierender Beitrag, der unsere Kenntnis und unser Verstandnis eines wichtigen Stranges der tibetischen und buddhistischen Religionsgeschichte betrachtlich erweitert.'Lambert Schmithausen, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1995.
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