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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
[2018]
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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| 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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