Forging the golden urn: the Qing Empire and the politics of reincarnation in Tibet

In 1995, the People’s Republic of China resurrected a Qing-era law mandating that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to limit the ability of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile to in...

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Main Author: Oidtmann, Max (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: New York Columbia University Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Further subjects:B Asia / China / HISTORY
B Reincarnation Buddhism Political aspects
B Buddhism (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) History
B Buddhism (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) Rituals
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