Building a religious empire: Tibetan Buddhism, bureaucracy, and the rise of the Gelukpa
"This book focuses on the story of the Geluk (Tibetan Dge lugs) school of Tibetan Buddhism, the most widespread school of Tibetan Buddhism, best known through its symbolic head, the Dalai Lama. The vast majority of the monasteries in Tibet and Inner Mongolia-a landscape that makes up a third of...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series/Journal: | Encounters with Asia
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lamaism
/ Dge-lugs-pa
/ State
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| IxTheo Classification: | BL Buddhism KBM Asia ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) (Tibet Region)
History
B Buddhism (Tibet Region) History B Buddhist monasteries (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) History B Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) History B Buddhist monasteries (Tibet Region) History B Buddhist monasticism and religious orders Government History B Buddhism (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) History |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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