Identity, Ritual and State in Tibetan Buddhism : The Foundations of Authority in Gelukpa Monasticism
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions
ISBN-10
0415591384
ISBN-13
9780415591386
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 2010
Print length
434 Pages
Weight
628 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 16.50 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Tibetan Buddhism
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This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in Ladakh, and of the role of tantric ritual in traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet.
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 performers and peripheral householders in Ladakh. The work also examines the central and indispensable role of incarnate lamas, such as the Dalai Lama, in the religious life of Tibetan Buddhists.
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 performers and peripheral householders in Ladakh. The work also examines the central and indispensable role of incarnate lamas, such as the Dalai Lama, in the religious life of Tibetan Buddhists.
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