Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism : the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism / Martin A. Mills.

This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. Containing d...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Mills, Martin A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Series:	RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions.
Subjects:	Buddhist monasticism and religious orders. Authority > Religious aspects.