Enlightenment and the Gasping City : : Mongolian Buddhism at a Time of Environmental Disarray /

Enlightenment and the Gasping City : : Mongolian Buddhism at a Time of Environmental Disarray / / Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko.

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With air pollution now intimately affecting every resident of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko seeks to understand how, as a physical constant throughout the winter months, the murky and obscuring nature of air pollution has become an active part of Mongolian religious...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.) :; 12 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration and Terms
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dust and Obscuration in a New Economy
  • 2. A History of Enlightenment in Mongolia
  • 3. Buddhism, Purification, and the Nation
  • 4. Ignorance and Blur
  • 5. Networks and Visibility
  • 6. Karma and Purification
  • 7. Removing Blockages, Increasing Energy
  • 8. Temple Critiques
  • 9. White Foods, Purification, and Enlightenment
  • Conclusion: Stillness and Movement
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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