The Power of Publishing in Early Modern Tibetan Buddhism

Benjamin J. Nourse

doi:10.5771/9781666958010

Zusammenfassung

The Power of Publishing in Early Modern Tibetan Buddhism explores the historical and religious dynamics that led to the “golden age” of Tibetan printing in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Tibetan woodblock publishing reached its zenith. By tracing the publication and circulation of Tibetan books in early modern Asia, from the Fifth Dalai Lama's Potala Palace in Lhasa, through cosmopolitan Qing Beijing, and into monastic colleges on the Sino-Tibetan borderlands, this book demonstrates how woodblock publishing helped shape the religious and political landscapes of Tibet, Mongolia, and China into the twentieth century. Intertwined with this larger historical narrative, this volume explores the meaning and purpose of books in early modern Tibetan Buddhist cultures, especially the role of Mahāyāna Buddhist ideas as a driving force behind both the growth of woodblock publishing at that time and the use of Tibetan Buddhist books for a variety of activities, including scholarship, exchange, ritual, and a wide range of reading practices.

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Bibliographische Angaben

Copyrightjahr: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-5800-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-5801-0
Verlag: Lexington, Lanham
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 272
Produkttyp: Monographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff
Chapter 1: The Dalai Lama’s Books Kein Zugriff
Chapter 2: Tibetan Buddhist Publishing and Ritual in Qing Beijing Kein Zugriff
Chapter 3: Derge as a Center of Publishing, Scholarship, and Ritual Kein Zugriff
Chapter 4: Choné: Publishing in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands Kein Zugriff
Chapter 5: Labrang Publishing and Tibetan Buddhist Reading Practices Kein Zugriff
Epilogue Kein Zugriff
Bibliography Kein Zugriff
Index Kein Zugriff
About the Author Kein Zugriff