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Tibetan ritual / edited by José Ignacio Cabezón.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: [CRKN ebooks] | [MyiLibrary]Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780195392821
  • 0195392825
  • 9780195392814
  • 0195392817
  • 9780199742400
  • 0199742405
  • 9786612346361
  • 6612346361
  • 9780199852659
  • 0199852650
  • 9780199889396
  • 0199889392
  • 9781282346369
  • 1282346369
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tibetan ritual.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/438 22
LOC classification:
  • BL1945.T5 T54 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-289) and index.

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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.

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.