Lamas, shamans and ancestors : village religion in Sikkim / by Anna Balikci.
Sheds light on the relationship between Buddhism and shamanism. This book examines the relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon. It presents their interactions in terms of contexts in which lamas and shamans meet. It shows village lamas and shamans to share a conceptual view of...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Series: | Brill's Tibetan studies library ;
v. 17. |
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| Summary: | Sheds light on the relationship between Buddhism and shamanism. This book examines the relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon. It presents their interactions in terms of contexts in which lamas and shamans meet. It shows village lamas and shamans to share a conceptual view of reality at the base of their amiable coexistence. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-394) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047433484 9047433483 |
| ISSN: | 1568-6183 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |