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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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London :
RoutledgeCurzon,
2003.
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| Colección: | RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part one. The face of monasticism
- part two. Truth and hierarchy in tantric ritual
- part three. Local rites
- part four. Authority and the person in Gelukpa monasticism
- part five. Ideology, ritual and state.