Building a Religious Empire Tibetan Buddhism, Bureaucracy, and the Rise of the Gelukpa |
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| Author:
| Sullivan, Brenton |
| Series title: | Encounters with Asia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-9767-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Building a Religious Empire presents an account of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism during its expansion and consolidation of power from the mid-seventeenth through the mid-eighteenth centuries, examining the extraordinary effort Geluk lamas put into establishing institutional frameworks to standardize monastic life.
Building a Religious Empire presents an account of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism during its expansion and consolidation of power from the mid-seventeenth through the mid-eighteenth centuries, examining the extraordinary effort Geluk lamas put into establishing institutional frameworks to standardize monastic life.