The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China : : A Political History of the Tibetan Institution of Reincarnation /

The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China : : A Political History of the Tibetan Institution of Reincarnation / / Peter Schwieger.

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A major new work in modern Tibetan history, this book follows the evolution of Tibetan Buddhism's trülku (reincarnation) tradition from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, along with the Emperor of China's efforts to control its development. By illuminating the political aspects o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Schwieger, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 13 illustrations and 5 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRÜLKU POSITION
  • 2. A TRÜLKU AS THE HEAD OF SOCIETY
  • 3. STRUGGLE FOR BUDDHIST GOVERNMENT
  • 4. THE EMPEROR TAKES CONTROL
  • 5. BUDDHIST GOVERNMENT UNDER THE IMPERIAL UMBRELLA
  • 6. IMPERIAL AUTHORITY OVER THE TRÜLKU INSTITUTION
  • 7. THE AFTERMATH
  • CONCLUSION
  • Appendix 1. TIBETAN REINCARNATION LINES OF MAJOR POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE
  • Appendix 2. QING EMPERORS AND QOSHOT KINGS OF TIBET
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES
  • TIBETAN ORTHOGRAPHIC EQUIVALENTS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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