Revisiting rituals in a changing Tibetan world /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
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| Series: | Brill's Tibetan studies library ;
v. 31. |
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Table of Contents:
- Holy books as ritual objects and vessels of teachings in the era of the 'Further spread of the doctrine' (Bstan pa yang dar) / Hildegard Diemberger
- The use of the ritual drawing of lots for the selection of the 11th Panchen Lama / Fabienne Jagou
- Transformed rituals?: some reflections on the paradigm of the transformation of rituals in the Tibetan context / Thierry Dodin
- Legal dramas on the Amdo grasslands: abolition, transformation, or survival / Fernanda Pirie
- The ordination of Dge slong ma: a challenge to ritual prescriptions / Nicola Schneider
- Preservation and transformations of liturgical traditions in exile: the case of Zhe chen monastery in Bodnath (Nepal) / Mireille Helffer
- Low tricks and high stakes surrounding a holy place in eastern Nepal: the Halesi-MÄratika caves / Katie Buffetrille
- Past continuity and recent changes in the ritual practice of Newar Buddhism: reflections on the impact of Tibetan Buddhism and the advent of modernity / Alexander von Rospatt
- Ritual efficacy or spiritual quest?: Buddhism and modernity in post-Communist Mongolia / Marie-Dominique Even
- Notes on contemporary ransom rituals in Lhasa / Robert Barnett.