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Building a Religious Empire : Tibetan Buddhism, Bureaucracy, and the Rise of the Gelukpa.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sullivan, Brenton
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.
Series:Encounters with Asia Ser.
Subjects:
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > History.
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) > Tibet Region > History.
Buddhist monasteries > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > History.
Buddhist monasteries > Tibet Region > History.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders > Government > History.
Buddhism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > History.
Buddhism > Tibet Region > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Building a Religious Empire
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • A Note on Language and Romanization
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Geluk School's Innovative Use of Monastic Constitutions
  • Chapter 2. Administering a Monastery for the "Common Good"
  • Chapter 3. Institutionalizing Tantra
  • Chapter 4. The Systematization of Doctrine and Education
  • Chapter 5. Singing Together in One Voice
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix. Monastic Constitutions to the Mid-Eighteenth Century
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments