Glimpses of Tibetan Divination

Petra Maurer is Professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at Ludwig Maximilians-University. She compiles the Wörterbuch der Tibetischen Schriftsprache and has published monographs and articles on various subjects in the field of Tibetan Studies, particularly on traditional medicine and divination. Donatella Rossi, Ph.D. (1998) is Professor of East Asian Religions and Tibetan Language and Culture at the "Sapienza" University of Rome. She is an International Consortium for Research in the Humanities research partner and has published a monograph and various articles focused on the Bon tradition. Rolf Scheuermann, Ph.D. (2016) is a Tibetologist and Research Coordinator/Research Fellow at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His publications focus on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and religion, particularly in the context of the early bKa’ brgyud tradition.

Preface
Background History of the Volume
On the Contributions Contained in This Volume
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors


1 A Case of Prophecy in Post-imperial Tibet
 Per Kværne


2 Three Dice, Four Faces, and Sixty-Four Combinations: Early Tibetan Dice Divination by the Numbers
 Brandon Dotson


3 A Preliminary Analysis of Old Tibetan Dice Divination Texts
 Ai Nishida


4 Divinations Padampa Did or Did Not Do, or Did or Did Not Write
 Dan Martin


5 Landscaping Time, Timing Landscapes: The Role of Time in the sa dpyad Tradition
 Petra Maurer


6 Signs and Portents in Nature and in Dreams: What They Mean and What Can Be Done about Them
 Charles Ramble


7 Identifying the Magical Displays of the Lords of the World: The Oneiromancy of the gSal byed byang bu
 Donatella Rossi


8 Vibhūticandra’s Svapnohana and the Examination of Dreams
 Rolf Scheuermann


9 Prognosis, Prophylaxis, and Trumps: Comparative Remarks on Several Common Forms of Tibetan Cleromancy
 Alexander Smith


10 The Role of Lamyn Gegeen Blo bzang bstan ’dzin rgyal mtshan in the Dissemination of Tibetan Astrology, Divination and Prognostication in Mongolia
 Agata Bareja-Starzynska


Index