Power and Compassion: Buddhist Kingship in Early Western Tibet with Jacob Dalton
The Tibetan temples of Tabo, Alchi, and Nako are famed for their beautiful murals and elegant statuary. Founded in the 10th and 11th centuries, these sites reflect the influences of both the religious and the political interests of the powerful western Tibetan court based at Gugé. In this talk Professor Dalton will offer new insights into the writings of the earliest of the western Tibetan rulers, King Yeshe Ö (947-1019/24). Using new evidence recently discovered among the sealed papers of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Dalton will offer fresh insights into this early ruler's careful negotiations between the transcendent ethics of Buddhism and the worldly concerns of kingship.
Jacob Dalton, Khyentse Foundation Distinguished University Professor in Tibetan Buddhism, holds a joint appointment in South and Southeast Asian Studies and East Asian Languages and Cultures at UC Berkeley. His special areas of study are Tibetan tantra and the Dunhuang manuscripts.
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