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Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism : the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism / Martin A. Mills.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditionsPublisher: London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003Description: 1 online resource (435 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781136854675
  • 1136854673
  • 9781315028880
  • 1315028883
  • 9781136854811
  • 1136854819
  • 9781136854743
  • 1136854746
  • 9780415591386
  • 0415591384
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 294.3/923 22
LOC classification:
  • BL631 .M55 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)661301

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.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2013).

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.