Bentor, Y.
Full Name[edit]
Yael Bentor
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Hebrew University in Jerusalem - The Institute of Asian and African Studies, Faculty of Humanities
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Please find here a list of my published [or close to being published] translations from Tibetan
Yael Bentor – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1. Translation and study of: The Consecration Ritual, Immense Downpour of Virtue and Goodness, by Trijang Losang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso.
Tibetan: "Dgon gnas Stag brag Bsam gtan gling du rab tu gnas pa'i cho ga dge legs rgya mtsho'i char 'bebs dpal ldan Smad rgyud pa'i phyag bzhes ltar mdzad rgyu nag 'gros su bkod pa," arranged by Khri byang Blo bzang ye shes bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho (1901-81). Contained in Dgon gnas Stag brag Bsam gtan gling gi Phyag bzhes mdo sngags chos spyod, New Delhi, Ngawang Sopa, 1975, vol. 3, pp. 355–454.
Published as: Consecration of Images and Stūpas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996, 415p.
2. Translation and Introduction: Clarifying the Meaning of the Arga and Consecration Rituals, by Jetsun Dragpa Gyeltsen.
Tibetan: "Arga'i cho ga dang rab tu gnas pa don gsal ba," by Grags pa rgyal mtshan (1147-1216). Contained in The Complete Works of the Great Masters of the Sa Skya Sect of the Tibetan Buddhism, The Toyo Bunko, Tokyo, 1968, vol. 4, pp. 237–252.
Publication forthcoming: Clarifying the Meaning of the Arga and Consecration Rituals by Jetsun Dragpa Gyeltsen, International Buddhist Academy, Kathmandu.
3. Translation and Introduction: The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: Explanation of the Creation Stage of the Glorious Secret Union, King of All Tantras, by the Panchen Rinpoche, Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen.
Tibetan: "Rgyud thams cad kyi rgyal po dpal Gsang ba ’dus pa’i bskyed rim gyi rnam bshad dngos grub kyi rgya mtsho’i snying po," by the Panchen Rinpoche, Blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan (1570-1662). Contained in The Collected Works (Gsung ’bum) of Blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan, The First Paṇ chen Bla ma of Bkra shis lhun po. New Delhi, Gurudeva, 1973, vol. 2, pp. 299–452.
Publication forthcoming: The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: Explanation of the Creation Stage of the Guhyasamāja, King of All Tantras, by the Panchen Rinpoche, Blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan, translated with Penpa Dorjee, Boston: Wisdom Publications.
4. Work with an editor of the English in preparation for submission: Ocean of Attainments: An Explanation of the Sādhana, The Method of Meditating on the Creation Stage of the Secret Union (Gsang ba 'dus pa, Guhyasamāja), The King of All Tantras, by Khedrup Je Geleg Pel Sangpo.
Tibetan: "Rgyud thams cad kyi rgyal po dpal gsang ba ’dus pa’i bskyed rim dngos grub rgya mtsho," by Mkhas grub rje Dge legs dpal bzang po (1385-1438). Contained in The Collected Works (Gsung ’bum) of the Lord Mkhas grub Rje Dge legs dpal bzang po, New Delhi, Gurudeva, vol. 7, pp. 3–381.
With all the best wishes,
Yael
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- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Biographical Information
Yael Bentor is a senior lecturer of Indian and Tibetan Studies in the departments of Comparative Religion and Asian Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her current research interests are the dynamics of the evolution of tantric traditions in Tibet during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, focusing on the creation stage of the Guhyasamāja Tantra. She is the author (with Penpa Dorjee) of The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: Explanation of the Creation Stage of the Guhyasamāja, King of All Tantras (AIBS, 2013) and A Classical Tibetan Reader: Selections from Renowned Works with Custom Glossaries (Wisdom, 2013). (Source)
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