Buddhist Hermits in Eastern Tibet - Saint-Making and Ascetic Performance

Buddhist Hermits in Eastern Tibet explores the ritual and social empowerment of Buddhist monastics devoted to meditation under a charismatic master.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Living Saint 3. From Householder to Saint 4. Performing Sainthood 5. The Meditation School of Lapchi 6. Veneration and Emulation at Lapchi 7. The Empowerment of Renunciation 8. Community of Liberation

About the author

Magdalena Maria Turek is an independent research scholar. She received her PhD from Humboldt University, Germany and was a Research Fellow with the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies at the American Council of Learned Societies, USA. Her research examines how contemporary reiterations of Tibetan Buddhist orthopraxy, local narratives, and religious historiography shape Buddhist identities among Tibetans in China and the diaspora. More broadly, her work engages with the intersections of traditional identity and contemporary belonging.

Product details

• Authors: Magdalena Maria Turek, Magdalena Maria Turek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 20.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032802954
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3280295-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Buddhist life & practice, Buddhist life and practice, Tibetan Buddhism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies