Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism :: the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism /

This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. Containing d...

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1. Verfasser: Mills, Martin A.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Schriftenreihe:RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions.
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Zusammenfassung:This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. Containing detailed descriptions and analyses of monastic ritual, the work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions as they interact with more localised understandings of bodily identity and territorial cosmology, to produce a substantial re-interpretation of the place of monks as ritual performer.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (435 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136854675
1136854673
9781315028880
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9781136854811
1136854819
9781136854743
1136854746
9780415591386
0415591384

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