Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism : the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism /
Mills, Martin A.
Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism : the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism / Martin A. Mills. - 1 online resource (435 pages) : illustrations - RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions . - RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
English.
9781136854675 1136854673 9781315028880 1315028883 9781136854811 1136854819 9781136854743 1136854746 9780415591386 0415591384
10.4324/9781315028880 doi
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders.
Authority--Religious aspects.
Monachisme et ordres religieux bouddhiques.
Autorité--Aspect religieux.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Authority--Religious aspects
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders
BL631 / .M55 2003eb
294.3/923
Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism : the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism / Martin A. Mills. - 1 online resource (435 pages) : illustrations - RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions . - RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
English.
9781136854675 1136854673 9781315028880 1315028883 9781136854811 1136854819 9781136854743 1136854746 9780415591386 0415591384
10.4324/9781315028880 doi
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders.
Authority--Religious aspects.
Monachisme et ordres religieux bouddhiques.
Autorité--Aspect religieux.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Authority--Religious aspects
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders
BL631 / .M55 2003eb
294.3/923