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The Social Life of Tibetan Biography
Textuality, Community, and Authority in the Lineage of Tokden Shakya Shri
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2014
Summary
The Social Life of Tibetan Biography explores the creation of Tibetan religious authority in Tibetan cultural areas throughout East, Inner, and South Asia through engaging with the relationship between textual biography and social community in the case of the Eastern Tibetan yogi Tokden Shakya Shri (1853–1919). It explores the different mechanisms used by Shakya Shri’s community in the creation of his biographical portrait to develop his lineage, including the use of biographical tropes, details of interpersonal connections, educational and patronage networks, and representations of sacred site creation and maintenance. In doing so, this study decenters Tibetan and Himalayan religious history through recognizing that peripheries could act as alternative centers of authority for diverse Tibetan Buddhist communities.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-6519-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6521-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
221
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List of Figures No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter One: Textual Networks: The Biography No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter Two: Contextual Networks No access Pages 15 - 40
Chapter Three: Interpersonal Networks No access Pages 41 - 70
Chapter Four: Visionary Networks No access Pages 71 - 102
Chapter Five: Networks of Advertising No access Pages 103 - 134
Chapter Six: Networks of Bone Sons No access Pages 135 - 164
Chapter Seven: Networks of Heart Sons No access Pages 165 - 186
