Congratulations to two of our graduate students for their contributions to an edited volume published this month, Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History: Transformations of sbas yul through Time, in Brill’s Tibetan Studies Library. Annie Heckman‘s chapter is on “Early Echoes of sbas yul Padma bkod in the Lifestory of Thang stong rgyal po,” and Barbara Hazelton contributed a chapter on “Padma bkod through the Lens of Two Pilgrimage Guidebooks: Walking the Body of Rdo rje phag mo” as well as two translations, “’Ja’ tshon snying po’s Guidebook to the Hidden Land of Padma bkod” and “Bdud ’joms gling pa’s Hidden Sacred Land of Padma bkod.” There’s also an article by Frances Garrett, called “Healing Mountains and Hidden Lands.” This book had its origins in the Himalayan Borderlands research project, which organized a conference several years ago, co-sponsored by the Ho Centre and Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai Yehan Numata Program in Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto.
at the University of Toronto
The University of Toronto operates on land that for thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. Learn more about this history.