The Social Life of Tibetan Biography

Informationen zum Autor Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Grinnell College. Klappentext The Social Life of Tibetan Biography outlines the growth of the Buddhist tradition of the Tibetan teacher Tokden Shakya Shri (1853-1919) through charting his biographical tradition and its influence on the development of his community. Tokden Shakya Shri's tradition is an important exemplar of interpersonal exchange on the margins between East and South Asia, connections between text and social community, and the diversity of Tibetan Buddhist practice and institutional forms at the turn of the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Textual Networks: The Biography Chapter 2: Contextual Networks: Temporal, Spatial, and Conceptual Landscapes in the Life of Shakya Shri Chapter 3: Interpersonal Networks: The Politics of Friendship and Alternative Institutions in the Religious Education of Shakya Shri Chapter 4: Visionary Networks: Representing Visionary Power and the Miraculous in The Garland of Flowers Chapter 5: Networks of Advertising: Shakya Shri's Renovations of the St¿pas of Kathmandy Valley Chapter 6: Networks of Bone Sons: The Family Lineage of Tokden Shakya Shri Chapter 7: Networks of Heart Sons: The Students of Tokden Shakya Shri

Product details

• Authors: Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Holmes-Tagchungdarpa Amy
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2014
• EAN: 9780739165195
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6519-5
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 238 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Biography: religious & spiritual, Biography: religious and spiritual, Tibetan Buddhism, Asian Studies