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Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese
Mediation and Superscription of the Tibetan Tradition in Contemporary Chinese Society
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2020
Summary
This study analyzes the growing appeal of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It examines the Tibetan tradition’s historical context and its social, cultural, and political adaptation to Chinese society, as well as the effects on Han practitioners. The author's analysis is based on fieldwork in all three locations and includes a broad range of interlocutors, such as Tibetan religious teachers, Han practitioners, and lay Tibetans.
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2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-8464-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-8465-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
272
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Dedication No access
Contents No access
List of Figures No access
A Note on Romanisation No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 The State, Popular Imagination, and Traditional Chinese Cosmology No access Pages 1 - 40
Chapter 2 Superscribing New Meaning on Guan Gong, the Chinese ‘God of War’ No access Pages 41 - 70
Chapter 3 The Confucian Revival and Tibetan Buddhism No access Pages 71 - 108
Chapter 4 Pragmatism, Protestantism, and Tibetan Buddhism in Hong Kong No access Pages 109 - 154
Chapter 5 Tibetan Deities and Spirits in a Multilayered Tibetan Landscape No access Pages 155 - 190
Chapter 6 Chinese Ghosts and Tibetan Buddhism No access Pages 191 - 226
Conclusion No access Pages 227 - 240
Glossary of Chinese Terms No access Pages 241 - 244
