02905oam 2200661I 450 991078959790332120230617021449.01-136-85467-31-136-85474-61-315-02888-310.4324/9781315028880 (CKB)3710000000056217(EBL)1542846(OCoLC)863823594(SSID)ssj0001173966(PQKBManifestationID)11667640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173966(PQKBWorkID)11105757(PQKB)10318946(MiAaPQ)EBC1542846(Au-PeEL)EBL1542846(CaPaEBR)ebr10799173(CaONFJC)MIL761564(OCoLC)958107467(OCoLC)868979086(FINmELB)ELB137661(EXLCZ)99371000000005621720180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIdentity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism /Martin A. MillsLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2003.1 online resource (435 p.)RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditionsRoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-59138-4 0-7007-1470-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.part one. The face of monasticism -- part two. Truth and hierarchy in tantric ritual -- part three. Local rites -- part four. Authority and the person in Gelukpa monasticism -- part five. Ideology, ritual and state.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. <BR>Containing detailed descriptions and analyses of monastic ritual, the work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions as they interact with more localised understandings of bodily identity and territorial cosmology, to produce a substantial re-interpretation of the place of monks as ritual performerRoutledge Studies in Tantric TraditionsBuddhist monasticism and religious ordersAuthorityReligious aspectsBuddhist monasticism and religious orders.AuthorityReligious aspects.294.3/923Mills Martin A.1534851MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789597903321Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism3782683UNINA