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Identity, Ritual and State in Tibetan Buddhism The Foundations of Authority in Gelukpa Monasticism
By Martin A. Mills
Copyright 2003
434 Pages
by
Routledge
434 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Part I: The Face of Monasticism
Part II: Truth and Hierarchy in Tantric Ritual
Part III: Local Rites
Part IV: Authority and the Personin Gelukpa Monasticism
Part V: Ideology, Ritual and State
Part II: Truth and Hierarchy in Tantric Ritual
Part III: Local Rites
Part IV: Authority and the Personin Gelukpa Monasticism
Part V: Ideology, Ritual and State
Biography
Martin A. Mills
'Martin A. Mills's account takes the reader ... through a tour de force exposition of Tibetan culture, society, and religion.' - The Journal of Asian Studies
