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Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism : The Third Karmapa and the Invention of a Tradition

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Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism examines how the third Karmapa hierarch, Rangjung Dorj (1284-1339) transformed reincarnation from a belief into a Tibetan tradition. It surveys his life through the portal of his previously untranslated autobiographical stories and songs, which reveal how his contribution to this tradition's invention.