{"id":38310,"date":"2016-09-22T18:11:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T23:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=38310"},"modified":"2016-10-27T13:24:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T18:24:36","slug":"divalerio-authors-work-madman-tibetan-buddhism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/divalerio-authors-work-madman-tibetan-buddhism\/","title":{"rendered":"DiValerio authors work on a &#8216;madman&#8217; of Tibetan Buddhism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David DiValerio, an assistant professor of history and religious studies, has published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Life-Madman-David-M-DiValerio\/dp\/019024402X\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Life of the Madman of \u00dc,\u201d<\/a> the first complete translation of a two-part biography, written in 1494 and 1537, of a famous Tibetan monk, K\u00fcnga Zangpo.<\/p>\n<p>The book offers a glimpse into a fascinating but little known aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, a provocative expression of tantric asceticism. 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