TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cabezón,José Ignacio
TI  - Tibetan ritual
T2  - [CRKN ebooks]
SN  - 9780195392821
AV  - BL1945.T5 T54 2010eb
U1  - 294.3/438 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - China
KW  - Tibet Autonomous Region
KW  - Rites et cérémonies
KW  - Chine
KW  - Région autonome du Tibet
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Rituals & Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Région autonome du Tibet (Chine)
KW  - Vie religieuse
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-289) and index; 1. Written texts at the juncture of the local and the global : some anthropological considerations on a local corpus of Tantric ritual manuals (Lower Mustang, Nepal) / Nicolas Sihle -- 2. Tibetan Indigenous myths and rituals with reference to the ancient Bon text : the Nyenbum (Gnyan'bum) / Samten G. Karmay -- 3. Continuity and change in Tibetan Mahayoga ritual : some evidence from the Tabzhag (Thabs zhags) manuscripts and other Dunhuang texts / Robert Mayer / Cathy Cantwell -- 4. convergence of theoretical and practical concerns in a single verse of the Guhyasamaja Tantra / Yael Bentor -- 5. Chilu ('Chi bslu) : rituals for "deceiving death" / Irmgard Mengele -- 6. Representations of efficacy : the ritual expulsion of Mongol armies in the consolidation and expansion of the Tsang (Gtsang) dynasty / James Gentry -- 7. "calf's nipple" (Be'u bum) of Ju Mipam ('Ju Mi pham) : a handbook of Tibetan ritual magic / Bryan J. Cuevas -- 8. Rites of the deity Tamdrin (Rta mgrin) in contemporary Bon : transforming poison and eliminating noxious spirits with burning stones / Marc des Jardins -- 9. Texts as deities : Mongols' rituals of worshipping sutras and rituals of accomplishing various goals by means of sutras / Vesna Wallace -- 10. ritual veneration of Mongolia's mountains / Jared Lindahl -- 11. Encounter with a dream : Bhutanese pilgrims in Tibet -- performing a ritual? / Francoise Pommaret
N2  - Ritual is one of the most pervasive religious phenomena in the Tibetan cultural world. Despite its ubiquity and importance to Tibetan cultural life, however, only in recent years has Tibetan ritual been given the attention it deserves. This is the first scholarly collection to focus on this important subject. Unique in its historical, geographical and disciplinary breadth, this book brings together eleven essays by an international cast of scholars working on ritual texts, institutions and practices in the greater Tibetan cultural world - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia. While most of the c
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