Religion and Politics in Tibet
Author: Bina Roy Burman
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House Private
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13:
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Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet
Author: Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9788120816237
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Following the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution, the People's Republic of China gradually permitted the renewal of religious activity. Tibetans, whose traditional religious and cultural institutions had been decimated during the preceding two decades, took advantage of the decisions of 1978 to begin a Buddhist renewal that is one of the most extensive and dramatic examples of religious revitalization in contemporary China. The nature of that revival is the focus of this book.
Faith and Empire
Author: Karl Debreczeny
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780692194607
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This catalog is published in conjunction with the exhibition Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism, organized and presented by the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, February 1-July 15, 2019, and curated by Karl Debreczeny, Senior Curator, Collections and Research, with the assistance of Lizzie Doorly"--Colophon.
Buddhism and Empire
Author: Michael Walter
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2009-06-24
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9047429281
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book convincingly reassesses the role of political institutions in the introduction of Buddhism under the Tibetan Empire (c. 620-842), showing how relationships formed in the Imperial period underlie many of the unique characteristics of traditional Tibetan Buddhism. Taking original sources as a point of departure, the author persuasively argues that later sources hitherto used for the history of early Tibetan Buddhism in fact project later ideas backward, thus distorting our view of its enculturation. Following the pattern of Buddhism’s spread elsewhere in Asia, the early Tibetan imperial court realized how useful normative Buddhist concepts were. This work clearly shows that, while some beliefs and practices per se changed after the Tibetan Empire, the model of socio-political-religious leadership developed in that earlier period survived its demise and still constitutes a significant element in contemporary Tibetan Buddhist religious culture.
The Tibetan Government-in-Exile
Author: Stephanie Römer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-05-15
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1134057237
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines the Tibetan government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). Based on extensive empirical studies in India and Nepal, it discusses the political strategies of the CTA to gain national loyalty and international support to secure its own organizational survival and to reach its ultimate goal: returning to Tibet.
Tibet, Tartary and Mongolia
Medicine and Memory in Tibet
Author: Theresia Hofer
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2018-03-15
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 029574300X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Only fifty years ago, Tibetan medicine, now seen in China as a vibrant aspect of Tibetan culture, was considered a feudal vestige to be eliminated through government-led social transformation. Medicine and Memory in Tibet examines medical revivalism on the geographic and sociopolitical margins both of China and of Tibet�s medical establishment in Lhasa, exploring the work of medical practitioners, or amchi, and of Medical Houses in the west-central region of Tsang. Due to difficult research access and the power of state institutions in the writing of history, the perspectives of more marginal amchi have been absent from most accounts of Tibetan medicine. Theresia Hofer breaks new ground both theoretically and ethnographically, in ways that would be impossible in today�s more restrictive political climate that severely limits access for researchers. She illuminates how medical practitioners safeguarded their professional heritage through great adversity and personal hardship.
The Religion of Tibet
Author: Charles Bell
Publisher: Sanctum Books
Published: 2023-11-29
Total Pages: 693
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Man's destiny has been shaped by two dominant and hostile forces-war and love. Throughout the ages people have been asking, how to prevent wars? The answer has always evaded them. Yet the people of the hidden land of Tibet found it. This happened when Buddhism gained sway over Tibet. Centuries ago, before Buddhism reached Tibet, the Tibetans were followers of a nature worshipping religion called upon by them. Then they were warlike and aggressive. They carried their swords to Mongolia, China, Turkistan, India and Burma. Buddhism came, slowly there was a change of heart in people and war lost all its fascination. Sir Charles Bell's The Religion of Tibet treats this enchanting theme. It does it in two parts: How it came, and how it ruled. The author has consulted hitherto unknown Chinese and Tibetan sources, in addition to the known works on Tibet. His nineteen years residence in Tibet gave him an opportunity to consult the most authoritative people in Tibet regarding his subject. The result of all his infatiguable labour is this wonderful book. A book for all statesmen, philosophers and students of religion.
Reviews on Tibetan Political History
Author: Ms Tenzin Dolma
Publisher: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Published: 2020-01-01
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9387023974
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Religious Revival in the Tibetan Borderlands
Author: Koen Wellens
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 0295990694
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This full-length study of the Premi, the first in a language other than Chinese, makes a valuable contribution to our ethnographic knowledge of Southwest China, as well as to our understanding of contemporary Chinese religious and cultural politics.
