Monastic and lay traditions in north-eastern Tibet / / edited by Yangdon Dhondup, Ulrich Pagel and Geoffrey Samuel.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan studies library, volume 33
• TeilnehmendeR: Dhondup, Yangdon.; Pagel, Ulrich.; Samuel, Geoffrey.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 33.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In recent years, the Sino-Tibetan frontier regions have attracted increasing scholarly interest. The region of Rebkong in Qinghai province is of particular significance because of its unique location on the Sino-Tibetan borderland, its multi-ethnic population and its complex religious history, which incorporates both large Geluk monasteries and significant Nyingma and Bonpo lay tantric communities. Covering the nineteenth century to the present, this volume brings together ten papers that explore the relationship between religion and culture in Rebkong. Using insights from anthropology, history and religious studies, the contributors offer new research and fresh interpretations of this important region on China’s periphery, discussing issues of ethnicity and identity, the role of public institutions, and the role of religion and rituals.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Reb kong in the Multiethnic Context of A mdo: Religion, Language, Ethnicity, and Identity / Geoffrey Samuel -- Remembering Monastic Revival: Stories from Reb kong and Western Ba yan / Jane Caple -- Reb kong gyi nyi ma nub pa: Shar skal ldan rgya mtsho sku phreng bdun pa’i sku tshe: 1916–1978 [The Sun Disappears in Reb kong: The Life of the Seventh Shar Skal ldan rgya mtsho: 1916–1978] / Gedun Rabsal -- Understanding Religion and Politics in A mdo: The Sde khri Estate at Bla brang Monastery / Paul K. Nietupski -- Rig ’dzin dpal ldan bkra shis (1688–1743): The ‘1900 Dagger-wielding, White-robed, Long-haired Yogins’ (sngag mang phur thog gos dkar lcang lo can stong dang dgu brgya) and the Eight Places of Practice of Reb kong (Reb kong gi sgrub gnas brgyad) / Heather Stoddard -- Rules and Regulations of the Reb kong Tantric Community / Yangdon Dhondup -- Bon Religion in Reb kong / Colin Millard -- Money, Butter and Religion: Remarks on Participation in the Large-Scale Collective Rituals of the Rep kong Tantrists / Nicolas Sihlé -- Reb kong’s Klu rol and the Politics of Presence: Methodological Considerations / Charlene Makley -- Dancing the Gods: Some Transformations of ’Cham in Reb kong / Dawn Collins -- Index.