The holy land reborn : pilgrimage & the Tibetan reinvention of Buddhist India / Toni Huber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huber, Toni, 1956-

Series:

Buddhism and modernity.

Buddhism and modernity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.

Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Sacred space--India.

Sacred space.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Relations--India.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

India--Relations--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 501 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Dalai Lama has said that Tibetans consider themselves "the child of Indian civilization" and that India is the "holy land" from whose sources the Tibetans have built their own civilization. What explains this powerful allegiance to India? In The Holy Land Reborn¸ Toni Huber investigates how Tibetans have maintained a ritual relationship to India, particularly by way of pilgrimage, and what it means for them to consider India as their holy land. Focusing on the Tibetan creation and recreation of India as a destination, a landscape, and a kind of other, in both real and idealized terms, Huber explores how Tibetans have used the idea of India as a religious territory and a sacred geography in the development of their own religion and society. In a timely closing chapter, Huber also takes up the meaning of India for the Tibetans who live in exile in their Buddhist holy land. A major contribution to the study of Buddhism, The Holy Land Reborn describes changes in Tibetan constructs of India over the centuries, ultimately challenging largely static views of the sacred geography of Buddhism in India.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Introduction

1. The Shifting Terrain of the Buddha

2. Buddhist Knowledge and Anachronism in Tibet

3. Journeying to the Centre of the World

4. Tantric Buddhist India and Its Tibetan Appropriation

5. Nirvana in Assam

6. Return to the Centre of the World

7. The Allure of the Atsaras

8. The Precious Guru in the Punjab

9. Archaeological and Discursive Rebirths of Buddhist India

10. Encountering the Modern Holy Land

11. Exile in the Land of the Buddha

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-483) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786611957186

9781281957184

1281957186

9780226356501

0226356507

OCLC:

476229540