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Building a religious empire : Tibetan Buddhism, bureaucracy, and the rise of the Gelukpa /

Building a Religious Empire presents an account of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism during its expansion and consolidation of power from the mid-seventeenth through the mid-eighteenth centuries, examining the extraordinary effort Geluk lamas put into establishing institutional frameworks to stan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Brenton (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:Encounters with Asia.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Building a Religious Empire presents an account of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism during its expansion and consolidation of power from the mid-seventeenth through the mid-eighteenth centuries, examining the extraordinary effort Geluk lamas put into establishing institutional frameworks to standardize monastic life.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812297676
0812297679