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Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet

By: International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar,John Ardussi

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Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet

By: International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar,John Ardussi

The proceedings of the seminars of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) have developed into the most representative world-wide cross-section of Tibetan Studies. They are an indispensable reference-work for anyone interested in Tibet and capture the cutting edge of Tibet-related research.This volume is the second of three volumes of general proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS. It presents a careful selection of scholarly and academic articles on Tibetan Buddhist and Bon religious culture, including a sizeable section of anthropological contributions. The complete series covers ten volumes. The other seven volumes are the outcome of expert panels. Of special interest to readers of this book are the edited volumes by Katia Buffetrille & Hildegard Diemberger (anthropology: territory and identity), Helmut Eimer & David Germano (Buddhist canon), Toni Huber (anthropology: Amdo cultural revival), Christiaan Klieger (anthropology: presentation of self & identity), and Deborah Klimburg-Salter and Eva Allinger (art history).

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Buddha in the Marketplace

The Commodification of Buddhist Objects in Tibet

By: Alex John Catanese

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Buddha in the Marketplace

The Commodification of Buddhist Objects in Tibet

By: Alex John Catanese

Classical Tibetan Buddhist scriptures forbid the selling of Buddhist objects, and yet there is today a thriving market for Buddhist statues, paintings, and texts. In Buddha in the Marketplace, Alex John Catanese investigates this practice, which continues to be viewed as a form of "wrong livelihood" by modern Tibetan Buddhist scholars. Drawing on textual and historical sources, as well as ethnographic research conducted in the region of Amdo, Tibet, Catanese follows the trajectory of Buddhist objects from their status as noncommodities prior to the Cultural Revolution to their emergence as commodities on the open market in the modern period. The book examines why Tibetans have more recently begun to sell such objects for their personal livelihoods when their religious tradition condemns such business activities in the strongest possible terms. Addressing the various societal and religious ramifications of these commercial practices, Catanese illustrates how such activity is leading to significant cultural and economic changes, transforming the "moral economy" associated with Buddhist objects, and contributing to a reinterpretation of Tibetan Buddhist identity.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813943191

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 8 A Grammar of Dhimal

By: John T. King

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 8 A Grammar of Dhimal

By: John T. King

The present work, a grammar of Dhimal, fills an important void in the documentation of the vast and ramified Tibeto-Burman language family. Dhimal, a little known and endangered tongue spoken in the lowlands of southeastern Nepal by about 20,000 individuals, is detailed in this work. With data gathered in the village of Āṭhiyābārī, the author crafts a readable description of the western dialect, using over 1000 examples to illustrate usage. Included in this reference work are seventeen texts, riddles, songs and a Dhimal-English glossary. Joining other recent ground-breaking linguistic descriptions by researchers from the Himalayan Languages Project at Leiden University, this grammar of Dhimal will have lasting scientific value and aid the Dhimal community in preserving their language.

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9047429176

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Spirit-mediums, Sacred Mountains and Related Bon Textual Traditions in Upper Tibet

Calling Down the Gods

By: John Bellezza

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Spirit-mediums, Sacred Mountains and Related Bon Textual Traditions in Upper Tibet

Calling Down the Gods

By: John Bellezza

Unique original material on the phenomenon of the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet, the men and women who channel the gods. With extensive interviews with members of this living tradition.

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9047407512

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Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet

By: International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar,John Ardussi

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Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet

Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet

Buddha in the Marketplace

Buddha in the Marketplace

Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 8 A Grammar of Dhimal

Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 8 A Grammar of Dhimal

Spirit-mediums, Sacred Mountains and Related Bon Textual Traditions in Upper Tibet

Spirit-mediums, Sacred Mountains and Related Bon Textual Traditions in Upper Tibet

Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet

Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet

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