Rule by Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and Its Role in Society and State

ISBN-13: 9780367301699 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 227 str.

Franz Michael

Opis

This book documents the human heritage and cultural traditions of Tibet's singular society as they developed and existed during a period of several hundred years.

Spis treści

Also of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction -- Religion and Government in Tibet -- The Ecclesiastical and Secular Arms of Government -- Government Agencies and Procedures -- Provincial and Local Government -- The Social Order -- Education -- Survival of a Culture? -- The Last Testament of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama (1876-1933) -- Gangloma: In Praise of Manjusri -- The Sixteen Human Principles (Michö Tsangma Chudruk) -- The Charter of Hemis Monastery (Kagyupa Order) -- Endowment of Funds for Namling Monastery in Western Tibet -- Selected Passages from the Charter of Sera Monastery

O autorze

Franz Michael