The spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China: charisma, money, enlightenment

"Focusing on contemporary Tibetan Buddhist revivals in the Tibetan regions of the Sichuan and Qinghai Provinces in China, this book explores the intricate entanglements of the Buddhist revivals with cultural identity, state ideology, and popular imagination of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality in c...

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Authors: Yü, Dan Smyer (Author) ; Yu, Dan 1962- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York Routledge 2012
In:Year: 2012
Edition:first published
Series/Journal:Routledge critical studies in Buddhism
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Budismo tibetano / Difusión / China / Geschichte 20. Jh. / Conflicto religioso
Further subjects:B Religion and sociology China Qinghai Sheng
B Sichuan Sheng (China) Social conditions
B Budismo tibetano
B Historia
B Religion and sociology (China)
B Religion and sociology China Sichuan Sheng
B Buddhism (China) History 20th century
B Sichuan Sheng (China) Religión
B Difusión
B China
B Buddhism China Qinghai Sheng
B Buddhism (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region)
B Buddhism China Sichuan Sheng
B Qinghai Sheng (China) Social conditions
B Qinghai Sheng (China) Religión
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Summary:"Focusing on contemporary Tibetan Buddhist revivals in the Tibetan regions of the Sichuan and Qinghai Provinces in China, this book explores the intricate entanglements of the Buddhist revivals with cultural identity, state ideology, and popular imagination of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality in contemporary China. In turn, the author explores the broader socio-cultural implications of such revivals. Based on detailed cross-regional ethnographic work, the book demonstrates that the revival of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary China is intimately bound with both the affirming and negating forces of globalization, modernity, and politics of religion, indigenous identity reclamation, and the market economy. The analysis highlights the multidimensionality of Tibetan Buddhism in relation to different religious, cultural, and political constituencies of China. By recognizing the greater contexts of China's politics of religion and of the global status of Tibetan Buddhism, this book presents an argument that the revival of Tibetan Buddhism is not an isolated event limited merely to Tibetan regions; instead, it is a result of the intersection of both local and global transformative changes. The book is a useful contribution to students and scholars of Asian religion and Chinese studies"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:041557532X