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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge studies in tantric traditions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; A Note on the Transliteration of Ladakhi, Tibetan and Sanskrit Terms; Part One: The Face of Monasticism; 1 History and Authority; The View from Above; The Origins of Tibetan Buddhism; Tantra and State in Tibetan History; Conclusion; 2 The Face of Monasticism; Kumbum Gompa
- A Local Monastery; Layout of the Monastery; Monastic Lives; The Structure of Offices in Kumbum; The Body and Sacred Space in Kumbum; 3 Reassessing Monasticism; The Buddhist Monk as Ascetic Individual.
- Monasticism and Exchange in LingshedSolving the Contradiction: Gompas, Monasteries and Monks; Households and Monastic Quarters; Redefining Renunciation in the Tibetan Buddhist Context; Conclusion; Part Two: Truth and Hierarchy in Tantric Ritual; 4 Iconography, Authority and Truth in Buddhist Tantra; Introduction; Conceptualising Reality in Tibetan Buddhism; Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism; Western Approaches to Tantra; Truth and Authority in Tantric Ritual; Conclusion; 5 Tantric Practice at Kumbum; Sand Mandala Empowerments; Hierarchy and Authority in Tantra.
- Hierarchy and Exclusion in Tantric RitualConclusion; Part Three: Local Rites; 6 Care and Cosmology in Lingshed; Devotional Architecture and Apotropaic Power; Household Care in Lingshed; Calling in Help: the Health Care System in Lingshed; Conclusion: Monastic Authority in the Lingshed Health Care System; 7 Relations with the Dharma; Reading, Blessing and Hierarchy; Dharma Protectors; Skangsol Rites; Skangsol and the Buddhist Practitioner; Assessing Ritual Exegesis; 8 Pollution Concerns in Lingshed; Pollution and Karma; Severance; Pollution Practices and the Passage of Time.
- Purification Strategies in LingshedConclusion; Part Four: Authority and the Person in Gelukpa Monasticism; 9 The Incarnate, the Scholar and the Oracle
- Moments of Authority in Gelukpa Monasticism; The Geshe System
- Clerical Authority Within the Gelukpa; The Balance of Power in Gelukpa Decision-making; 10 Local Gods and the Embodied Person in Lingshed; Monastic Relations with Local Gods; Sangsol and the Monastic Hierarchy; Local Persons and the Buddhist 'No-Self'; 11 Characterising Incarnates; The Rise of the Incarnate in Tibetan History; Becoming an Incarnate.
- Signs, Portents and Persons: The Presence of the Teacher12 Hierarchy and Precedent in Gelukpa Monasticism; Lha rGyal sGan; Great Traditions and Little Traditions in Tibetan Buddhism; Recap; The Limits of Clerical Authority; Trapa and Tulku: Hierarchy, Ordination and Precedent; Incarnates and the Constitution of Monastic Discipline; Transmission and Imitation in Gelukpa Ritual; Authority and History in Tibetan Buddhist Societies; Conclusion; Part Five: Ideology, Ritual and State; 13 Ideology, Ritual and State in Tibetan Buddhism; Rule by Incarnation.