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Author(s): Michael L. Walter
ISBN(s): 9789004175846, 9004175849
Edition: Kindle
File Details: PDF, 1.88 MB
Year: 2009
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 9004175849 
ISBN 13: 9789004175846
Author: Michael L Walter

This book convincingly reassesses the role of political institutions in the introduction of Buddhism under the Tibetan Empire (c. 620-842), showing how relationships formed in the Imperial period underlie many of the unique characteristics of traditional Tibetan Buddhism. Taking original sources as a point of departure, the author persuasively argues that later sources hitherto used for the history of early Tibetan Buddhism in fact project later ideas backward, thus distorting our view of its enculturation.
Following the pattern of Buddhism’s spread elsewhere in Asia, the early Tibetan imperial court realized how useful normative Buddhist concepts were.
This work clearly shows that, while some beliefs and practices per se changed after the Tibetan Empire, the model of socio-political-religious leadership developed in that earlier period survived its demise and still constitutes a significant element in contemporary Tibetan Buddhist religious culture.

Buddhism and Empire 1st Table of contents:

Chapter One. Religion And Politics In Tibet’S Imperial Government, And The Place Of Buddhism Therein
Author: M.L. Walter
Pages: 1–73
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Chapter Two. Sku, Bla, Lha, Etc.: The Language And Phraseology Of Early Tibetan Politics And Religion
Author: M.L. Walter
Pages: 75–163
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Chapter Three. Rituals In The Imperium And Later: Continuity In The Rituals Of Tibetan Buddhism
Author: M.L. Walter
Pages: 165–213
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Chapter Four. The Intersection Of Religion And Politics
Author: M.L. Walter
Pages: 215–285

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