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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/personalization-king-s-deity-t
 ibetan-discourse-emanated-buddhist-kingship/
SUMMARY:Personalization of the King’s Deity: A Tibetan Discourse on Emana
 ted Buddhist Kingship
DESCRIPTION:\n	Yangmotso (Associate Professor\, School for Tibetan Studies\
 , Minzu University of China\; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2019-20)\n	Chair/disc
 ussant: Janet Gyatso (Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies\, Harvard Divi
 nity School)\n\n\n	Not long after Tibet’s royal conversion to Buddhism i
 n the mid 7th century\, the Tibetan empire collapsed. The revival of Buddh
 ism in 11th century Tibet coincided with the emergence of narratives about
  the early Tibetan kings\, embedded in various forms of literature. This t
 alk intends to examine the Tibetan discourse on Emanated Buddhist Kingship
  by looking at the famous representation of the Tibetan king Songtsen Gam
 po in Kachems Kakholma\, the most complex and hybrid text that retells T
 ibet’s past. A close reading and detailed analysis of its key narratives
 \, rhetoric and literary tropes suggests that the king’s association wit
 h Avalokitesvara\, the Bodhisattva of compassion\, is skillfully crafted a
 nd elaborated. Songtsen Gampo’s heroic transformation highlights a dual
  nature of the Tibetan kingship\, manifested through a gradual transition 
 from being a conventional human king to an enlightened sovereignty. Based 
 on the theoretical reflection on recurring themes and images related to ro
 yal death\, marriage and templecraft depicted in this transformative liter
 ary process\, the talk aims to dwell on the underlying paradox embedded in
  this Bodhisattva kingship ideal\, and address the questions of how did li
 terary devices\, Buddhist concepts and scribal hands work together to tran
 sform Tibet’s royal identity. I will argue that in the end the king’s 
  personalization of his deity\, practiced through a tripartite relationsh
 ip between the king\, deity and statue\, decisively upstages his role as a
  cosmic Bodhisattva.
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