The Social Life of Tibetan Biography: Textuality, Community, and Authority in the Lineage of Tokden Shakya Shri

Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

doi:10.5771/9780739165218

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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Edition: 1/2014
Copyright Year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-6519-5
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-6521-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 221
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. 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
Conclusion No access Pages 187 - 194
Bibliography No access Pages 195 - 204
Index No access Pages 205 - 220
About the Author No access Pages 221 - 221