Morality and Monastic Revival in Post-Mao Tibet /

Morality and Monastic Revival in Post-Mao Tibet / / Jane E. Caple; ed. by Mark Michael Rowe.

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The speed and extent of the Tibetan Buddhist monastic revival make it one of the most extraordinary stories of religious resurgence in post-Mao China. At the end of the 1970s, there were no working monasteries; within a decade, thousands had been reconstructed and repopulated. Most studies have focu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
VerfasserIn:
Caple, Jane E.,
HerausgeberIn:
Rowe, Mark Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Contemporary Buddhism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 9 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Romanization and Naming Practices
  • Introduction. Negotiating Moral Boundaries
  • 1. Monastic Revival. A Social and Moral Reordering
  • 2. Monastic Reform. The Path to "Self-Sufficiency"
  • 3. Monastic Tourism. Defining Value
  • 4. Monastic Development in Morally Troubled Times
  • 5. Monastic Recruitment and Retention
  • 6. The Future of Mass Monasticism
  • 7. Seeing beyond the State
  • Coda
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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