Per Kværne
Per Kværne is a prominent Norwegian tibetologist and historian of religion.
Per Kværne was born in Oslo. In 1970 he received the mag.art. degree in Sanskrit at the University of Oslo. From 1970 to 1975 he worked as a lecturer in the history of religion at the University of Bergen. In 1973 he received the dr.philos. degree from the University of Oslo with his thesis An Anthology of Buddhist Tantric Songs. From 1975 to 2007 he was professor of the history of religion at the University of Oslo, and he is now a professor emeritus.
In 1976 he became an elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. From 1992 he served as chairman of the board of the Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, Oslo. He published a series of books on religious history, mainly on Bön and Buddhism.
He also published on art history, including the Singing Songs of the Scottish Heart. William McTaggart 1835-1910.
Kværne became a Catholic on 15 June 1998. From 2006 to 2008 he was a member of the
Academic Study Group of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. From April 2007 to May 2008 he served as dean of Study at the St. Eystein Priest Seminar. Starting in the autumn of 2008 he was a student priest of the Catholic Diocese of Oslo, and in 2010 Kværne was ordained Roman Catholic priest.
Works
- Kværne, Per. 'A Chronological Table of the Bon po: The Bstan rcis of Ni rna bstan ' in 'Acta Orientalia, vol. 33, pp. 205–282.
- Kværne, Per. 'Aspects of the Origin of the Buddhist Tradition Tibet.' Numen, vol. 19, no. I, pp. 22–40 TillSappeared later under the title 'The Genesis of the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition' in Tibetan Review, vol. II, no. 3.
- Kværne, Per. 'Bonpo Studies: The A Khrid System of Meditation.' Kailash, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 19–50; vol. I, no. 4, PI'. 247-332.
- Kværne, Per. 'Art Bon-po.' Contained in: Dieux et di'/llons./" J'Himalaya: Art du bouddhisme lamarque, an \Oxhiilil iOIlcatalogue.
- Kværne, Per. 'Who are the Bonpos?' Tibetan Review, vol. II, no. 9, pp. 30-33. Also contained in: Communications of the Alexander Csoma de Koros Institute for Buddhology, vol. 6, nos. 1-2, pp. 41-47.
- Kværne, Per. 'Continuity and Change in Tibetan Monasticism.' Contained in: Chai-shin Yu, ed., Korean and Asian Religion 7 edition, pp. 83-98..
- Kværne, Per. "An Anthology of Buddhist Tantric Songs: A Study of the Caryāgīti", White Orchid Press. A very detailed study of 50 caryāgīti poems of 9th-12th century Indian siddhas. Unabridged translation of "Caryāgīti" manuscript in Apabhraṃśa, with a Tibetan commentary by Acarya Munidatta. Includes transcriptions of original Apabhraṃśa and Tibetan texts.
- Kværne, Per. 'A Preliminary Study of Chapter VI of the, pp. 185–191.
- Kværne, Per. 'A Bonpo Version of the Wheel of Existence.' Contained in: Michel Strickmann, ed., Tantric and Taoist Studies in Honour of R. A. Stein, Institut Beige des Hautes Etudes, hinoises, vol. I, pp. 274–289.
- Kværne, Per. 'Dualism in Tibetan Cosmogonic Myths and the Question of Iranian Influence.' Contained in: C. Beckwith, ed., Silver on Lapis: Tibetan Literary Culture and History, The Tibet Society, pp. 163–174.
- Kværne, Per. 'A New Chronological Table of the Bon Religion: The Bstan rcis of Hor-bcun bsTan-'jin-blo-gros.'.:sor Ille 111/ SC/1Iinar or, 11" IntcmaliOlwl Association lor Til>cI:/1I Studies Seltloss I/o henkammer-•Munich 1985, Kommission !"iir Zentralasiatische Studien Bayerischc Akadcmic tier Wissenschaften, pp. 241–244.
- Kværne, Per. 'Croyances populaires et folklores au Tibet.' Contained in: Myths et croyances du monde entier, Ed. Lidis, vol. 4, pp. 157–169.
- Kværne, Per. Tibet Bon Religion: A Death Ritual of the Tibetan Bonpos, E. J. Brill. Has illustration of tsa-kaIi., pp, 45-46; one by Dan Martin in The Journal of the Tibet Society, vol. 5, pp. 103–104; and another by Leonard van der Kuijp in Acta Orientalia, vol. 47
- Kværne, Per. 'Bon.' Contained in: Mircea Eliade, ed., The Encyclopedia of Religion, Macmillan, vol. 2, pp. 277–281.
- Kværne, Per. 'Le rituel tibetain, illustre par I'evocation, dans la religion Bon-po, du Lion de la Parole.' Contained in: A.M. Blondeau & Kristofer Schipper, eds., Essais sur Ie rituel, I, Peeters, pp. 147–158.
- Kværne, Per. 'A Bonpo Bstan-rtsis from 1804.' in: T. Skorupski, ed., Indo-Tibetan Studies: Papers in Honour and Appreciation of Professor David L. Snellgrove's Contribution to Indo-Tibetan Studies, The Institute of Buddhist Studies, pp. 151–169.
- Kværne, Per. 'A Preliminary Study of the Bonpo Deity Khro-ho Gtso-mchog Mkha'-'gying.' Contained in: Lawrence Epstein & R. F. Sherburne, eds., Reflections on Tibetan Culture: Essays in Memory of Turrell V. Wylie, Edwin Mellen Press, pp. 117–125.
- Kværne, Per. 'L'iconographie religieuse bonpo et ses sources ecrites.' Annuaire de /'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, vol. 99, pp. 75–77.
- Kværne, Per. 'Gshen-rab Mi-bo-che .' Contained in: John R. Hinnells, ed., Who's Who of World Religions, Macmillan, p. 136.
- Kværne, Per. 'Anthropogonic Myths of Tibet.' Contained in: Bonnefoy, ed., Mythologies, vol. 2, Pl'. 1082-1086. Also in Yves Bonnefoy, ed., A"i:/1I Mytltologies, pp. 308–312.
- Kværne, Per. 'Divine Sovereignty in Tibet.' Contained in: Yves Bonnefoy, ed., Mythologies, vol. 2, pp. 1086–1088. Also in Yves Bonnefoy, ed., Asian Mythologies, pp. 312–314.
- Kværne, Per. 'Introduction to Tibetan Mythology.' Contained in: Yves Bonnefoy, ed., Mythologies, vol. 2, pp. 1075–1077.
- Kværne, Per. 'Cosmogonic Myths of Tibet.' Contained in: Yves Bonnefoy, ed., Mythologies, vol. 2, pp. 1079–1082.
- Kværne, Per. 'Chronological Tables of the Bon Religion.', pp. 212–213.
- Kværne, Per. 'Bon.' Contained in: Paul Poupard, et al., eds., Dictionnaire des religions, Presses Universitaires de France, vol. I, pp. 231–3.
- Kværne, Per. 'Tibet, la mythologie, introduction au probleme.' Dictionnaire des mythologies. An English translation is also available in Yves Bonnefoy, Asian Mythologies, University of Chicago Press, pp. 301–303, including a detailed bibliography.
- Kværne, Per. 'Introduction.' Contained in: Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, Heart Drops of Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice of the Bon Tradition, Snow Lion, pp. 13–15.
- Kværne, Per. 'Bibliographic Essay.' Contained m: Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, Heart Drops of Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice of the Bon Tradition, Snow Lion, pp. 161–163.
- Kværne, Per. 'II,)n Rescues Dharma.' Contained in: Donald Lopez Jr., ed., Religions of Tibet in Practice, Princeton University Press, pp. 98–102.
- Kværne, Per. 'Cards for the Dead.' Contained in: Donald Lopez Jr., ed., Religions of Tibet in Practice, Princeton University Press, pp. 494–498.
- Kværne, Per. 'Invocations to Two Bon Deities.' Contained in: Donald Lopez Jr., ed., Religions of Tibet in Practice, Princeton University Press, pp. 395–400.
- Kværne, Per. 'Khyung-sprul 'Jigs-med nam-mkha'i rdo-rje : An Early Twentieth-Century Tibetan Pilgrim in India.' Contained in: Alex McKay, ed., Pilgrimage in Tibet, Curzon, pp. 71–84.
- Kværne, Per. 'I.e lIi;n, I'autre religion.' Contained in: Katia ButTetrilie & '): 40 nIlS decolonisa/io/l,, pp. 58–73.
- Kværne, Per. '1 lie Mythologic der Bon-Religion und der tibetischen Volksreligion.' Contained in: Egidius Schmalzriedt & Ilans Wilhelm Haussig, eds., Worterbuch der Mythologie, Klett-Colta, pp. 830–875.
- Kværne, Per. 'Meditation de la Grande Perfection.' Contained in: Paul Poupard, et aI., eds., Dictionnaire des religions, Presses Universitaires de France, vol. 2, pp. 12871288.
- Kværne, Per. 'Mongols and Khitans in a 14th-Century Tibetan Bonpo Text.' Acta Orientalia Hungaricae, vol. 34, pp. 85–104.
- Kværne, Per. 'Peintures tibetaines de la vie de Ston-pa-ggen-rab.' ArtsAsiatiques, vol. 41, pp. 36–81.
- Kværne, Per and Elliot Sperling. 'Preliminary Study of an Inscription from Rgyal-rong.' Acta Orientalia, vol. 54, pp. 113–125.
- Kværne, Per. 'Rcligious Change and Syncretism: The Case of the Bon Religion of Tibet.' Contained in: Per Kvrernc & Rinzin Thargyal, Bon, Buddhism and Democracy: The Building of a Tibetan National Identity, NIAS Report no. 12, pp. 7–26.
- Kværne, Per. 'Remarques sur l'administration d'un monastere Bon-po.' Journal Asiatique, vol. 258, pp. 187–192.
- Kværne, Per. 'Sakyamuni in the Bon Religion.' Temenos, vol. 25', pp. 33–40.
- Kværne, Per. 'Set of Thangkas Illustrating the Life of Slon-pa Gshen-rab in the Musée Guimet, Paris.' Tibet Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 62–67. English translalion of the introduction of his 1986 article.
- Kværne, Per. 'Shar-rdza Bkra-shis rgyal-mtshan. ' Contained in: John R. Hinnells, ed., Who's Who of World Religions, Macmillan, PI'. 371-372.
- Kværne, Per. 'Shes-rab rgyal-mtshan.' Containcd in: John R. Hinnells, ed., Who's Who of World Religions, Macmillan, pp. 373–4. On the foundcr of Sman-ri Monastery in Gtsang province of Tibet.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Bon of Tibet: The Historical Enigma of a Monaslic Tradition.' Contained in: Christopher von F, pp. 114–119.
- Kværne, Per. 'Tilt: HOIl 1 A Survey of Research.' Nl;\S Report I 'Nil, Nordit: Institute of Asian Studies, pp. 143–153. Also published in T. Skorupski & U. Pagel, cds., The Uuddhist Forum, Volume III, School of Oriental & African Studies, pp. 13 114I.
- Kværne, Per. The Bon Religion of Tibet: The Iconography of a Living Tradition, Serindia Publications., p. 110, and Anne Chayet in Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie, pp. 174–175 and in Arts Asiatiques, vol. 51, p. 164. Reviewed by Ramon Prats in East and West, vol. 46, nos. 3-4, pp. 518–520, and in Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Ciencias de las Religiones, vol. 6, pp. 57–59.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Bonpos of Tibet: An Historical Enigma.' Contained in: M. Pye & P. McKenzie, eds., History of Religions: Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, pp. 45–46. Abstract only.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Canon of the Tibetan Bonpos.' Indo-Iranian Journal, vol. 16, pp. 18–56, 96-144.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Date of Sakyamuni According to Bonpo Sources.' Contained in: Heinz Bcchert, ed., The Dating of the /listoric, 1 1111/1""". 1'"rl I, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 415–420.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Great Perfection in the Tradition of the Bonpos.• Contained in: Whalen Lai & Lewis Lancaster, eds., Early Ch 'an in China and Tibet, Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series, pp. 367–392.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Importance of Origins III Tibetan Mythology.' Contained in: Yves Bonnefoy, ed., Mythologies, vol. 2, pp. 1077–1079.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Literature of Bon.' Contained in: Jose Cabezon & Roger Jackson, eds., Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre, Snow Lion, pp. 139–146.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Monastery of Snang-zhig of the Bon Religion in the Rnga-ba district of Amdo.' Contained in: P. Daffim'i, ed., Indo-Sino-Tibetica: Studi in onore di Luciano Petech, Bardi Editore, pp. 207–222.
- Kværne, Per. The Stages of A-khrid Meditation: Dzogchen Practice of the Bon Tradition, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. Co-authored with Thupten K. Rikey.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Study of Bon in the West: Past, Present and Future.' Contained in: S.G. Karmay & Y. Nagano, eds., New Horizons in Bon Studies, National Museum of Ethnology, pp. 7–20.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Succession of Lamas at the Monastery of sNangzhig in the rNga-ba District of Amdo.' Contained in: S. Karmay & P. Sagant, eds., Les Habitants du toit du monde, Societe d'ethnologie, pp. 155–157.
- Kværne, Per. 'The Water-Miracle in Tibet.' Contained in: Eivind Kahrs, ed., Kalyāṇamitrārāgaṇam: Essays in Honour of Nils Simonsson, Norwegian University Press, Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture,pp. 159–164.