Ruth Gamble

Bio: Ruth Gamble is an academic researcher from La Trobe University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sense of place & Refugee. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 11 publications receiving 80 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth Gamble include Australian National University.

The view from nowhere : the travels of the third karmapa, rang byung rdo rje in story and songs

Abstract: Rang byung rdo rje (1284-1339), the third Karmapa, was an important figure in the development of Tibetan Buddhism. He is most famous for his commentaries and treatises that systemised the lineages of tantric Buddhism he inherited, works that have been the subject of numerous studies. Until this present study, however, his personal writing, both his biographical liberation-stories (rnam thar) and his songs (mgur / glu) have not been translated in full or studied. As much of his writing in these two genres was composed while he travelled around first Tibet, then Mongolia and China, travelling is one of these works1 major themes, and therefore the thematic subject of this thesis. The study1 s thematic approach to these compositions has allowed it to examine them as both literature and historical sources. A combination that, in turn, has not only provided many more details about his life than earlier studies, but also enabled an investigation of Rang byung rdo rje1s contribution to Tibef s literary culture, in which the two genres of rnam thar and mgur / glu have played a central role. As this thesis explains, what becomes evident in this literary and historical examination of Rang byung rdo rje1s writings in these genres is that his influence on Tibetan culture was not limited to his contribution to Tibef s intellectual history. He also played a pivotal role in the development of two other important elements of Tibetan culture: the sacralisation of Tibef s environment and the tradition of recognising reincarnated gurus, both of which he helped establish on his travels. Moreover, this investigation shows how intertwined these processes were in Rang byung rdo rje1s -writing: how much Rang byung rdo rje 1s presentation of the Karmapa reincarnate lineage-the first reincarnate lineage upon which others were modelled-depended on the sacralisation of the Karmapas 1 environments to sustain their status across lives; and how much the sacralisation of the Karmapas1 environments depended on both their sanctified presence, and their cultural "landscaping11 of these sites through architecture, art and most influentially literature. In establishing this connection between sacred sites and the development of Tibef s first reincarnation lineages, this thesis further demonstrates how Rang byung rdo rje 1s participation in both these projects depended on his claims to and articulation of otherworldly visions. Through these visions he established a religious, otherworldly, periphery-focused authority upon which he could make claims about identity and territory that stood in opposition to those made on the same region by its this-worldly rulers, the Mongol Empire. It also shows how this alternate vision was aided by Rang byung rdo rje 1s promotion of the mahamudra tradition, a tradition whose sceptical approach to all phenomena suggested experiences of this and other worlds were equally unreal. To subdue my ego, I was born the son of a potter but after I die in this life, I will travel to Tu~ita; my love for wanderers will mean I am present wherever there are students. I have no other thoughts but to help others. Rang byung rdo rje, the third Karmapa, ca. 1325, age 42, La stod, Southern Tibet.

International relations and the Himalaya: connecting ecologies, cultures and geopolitics

Abstract: This article examines international relations (IR)'s approach to the Himalaya We argue that the possibility of violent conflict over contested international borders is not the region's primary int

Watersheds in watersheds: The fate of the planet’s major river systems in the Great Acceleration:

Abstract: Humans have, by biological necessity, always lived in watersheds. This article provides an overview of humans’ relationship to these watersheds as an introduction to a special issue of Thesis Eleve...

How dams climb mountains: China and India’s state-making hydropower contest in the Eastern-Himalaya watershed:

Abstract: The dam rush in the upper-Brahmaputra River basin and local, minority resistance to it are the result of complex geopolitical and parochial causes. India and China’s competing claims for sovereignt...

Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism

Abstract: Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism examines how the third Karmapa hierarch, Rangjung Dorjé (1284–1339) transformed Buddhist belief about reincarnation into a Tibetan institution based on lineage. It surveys his life through the portal of his previously untranslated autobiographical stories and songs, which reveal the rudiments of the reincarnation tradition. They include Rangjung Dorjé’s synthesis of the first three Karmapas’ biographies and past-life stories (jātaka), upon which the later tradition was reliant. An analysis of these works shows how they used different strategies to authorize the Karmapas’ reincarnate status: they presented the Karmapa reincarnates as an extension of the Kagyü religious lineage, evoked well-known precedents of reincarnation, and highlighted the recognition they received from religious and secular hierarchs, including the Mongol emperor. This analysis also emphasizes the important role local communities played in maintaining the Karmapas’ institutions and explores how Rangjung Dorjé sought this support by living in the same sacred sites as his predecessors. Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism argues, furthermore, that all of these elements of the tradition worked together; the stories of the Karmapas’ lives enhanced Rangjung Dorjé’s authority, which helped to sanctify the sites in which he lived; this, in turn, elicited more support from local communities, who then continued to tell his multi-life narrative. At the beginning of Rangjung Dorjé’s life, no one had gone looking for a new Karmapa. But his skill in storytelling, together with the elite and community support that he cultivated during his life, meant that after he died, many expected his return.

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Landscape and memory

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