Revisiting rituals in a changing Tibetan world [electronic resource] / edited by Katia Buffetrille.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buffetrille, Katia.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 31.

Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Tibet Region--Rituals--Congresses.

Buddhism.

Buddhism and culture--Tibet Region--Congresses.

Buddhism and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia… This vast area has experienced significant changes following political and socio-cultural upheavals: the Chinese occupation of Tibet since the 1950's; the opening of Nepal to the world in 1951 and the influx of large numbers of Tibetan refugees into its territory; the end of the communist era and the transition to a market economy in Mongolia, and more generally the confrontation with modernity and globalisation. Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World examines the changes rituals have undergone and offers the reader the result of recent research based on both fieldwork and textual studies by researchers who have worked in these countries. Contributors include Hildegard Diemberger, Fabienne Jagou, Thierry Dodin, Fernanda Pirie, Nicola Schneider, Mireille Helffer, Alexander von Rospatt, Marie-Dominique Even, Robert Barnett, Katia Buffetrille

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? / Thierry Dodin

Legal dramas on the Amdo grasslands / Fernanda Pirie

The ordination of Dge slong ma / Nicola Schneider

Preservation and transformations of liturgical traditions in exile / Mireille Helffer

Low tricks and high stakes surrounding a holy place in eastern Nepal / Katie Buffetrille

Pas continuity and recent changes in the ritual practice of Newar Buddhism / Alexander von Rospatt

Ritual efficacy or spiritual quest? / Marie-Dominique Even

Notes on contemporary ransom rituals in Lhasa / Robert Barnett.

Notes:

This volume is the result of an international conference held on November 8th and 9th 2007 at the Collège de France.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-23500-0

OCLC:

826856230