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The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain : Popular Pilgrimage and Visionary Landscape in Southeast Tibet.

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The Tibetan district of Tsari with its sacred snow-covered peak of Pure Crystal Mountain has long been a place of symbolic and ritual significance for Tibetan peoples. In this book, Toni Huber provides the first thorough study of a major Tibetan Buddhist pilgrimage center and cult mountain, and expl...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Huber, Toni
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 1999.
Subjects:
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Religious life and customs.
Mountain worship > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Buddhism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > Customs and practices.
Buddhism > Customs and practices
Mountain worship
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Note on Tibetan Words; I: PILGRIMAGE; II: REPRESENTATIONS; III: RITUAL INSTITUTIONS; IV: LOCAL LIVES; Epilogue; Tibetan Word List; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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