Forging the Golden Urn : : The Qing Empire and the Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet / / Max Oidtmann.
In 1995, the People's Republic of China resurrected a Qing-era law mandating that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to limit the ability of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Act I. The Royal Regulations -- Act II. Shamanic Colonialism -- Act III. Amdowas Speaking in Code -- Conclusion: Paradoxes of the Urn and the Limits of Empire -- Chronology of Key Events -- List of Usages of the Golden Urn Ritual -- Tibetan Orthographic Equivalents -- Translation of the Qianlong Emperor's Discourse on Lamas -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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