Death and Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism: In-Between Bodies

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dc.contributor.authorZivkovic, T.
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractContextualising the seemingly esoteric and exotic aspects of Tibetan Buddhist culture within the everyday, embodied and sensual sphere of religious praxis, this book centres on the social and religious lives of deceased Tibetan Buddhist lamas. It explores how posterior forms - corpses, relics, reincarnations and hagiographical representations - extend a lama’s trajectory of lives and manipulate biological imperatives of birth and death.The book looks closely at previously unexamined figures whose history is relevant to a better understanding of how Tibetan culture navigates its own understanding of reincarnation, the veneration of relics and different social roles of different types of practitioners. It analyses both the minutiae of everyday interrelations between lamas and their devotees, specifically noted in ritual performances and the enactment of lived tradition, and the sacred hagiographical conventions that underpin local knowledge.A phenomenology of Tibetan Buddhist life, the book provides an ethnography of the everyday embodiment of Tibetan Buddhism. This unusual approach offers a valuable and a genuine new perspective on Tibetan Buddhist culture and is of interest to researchers in the fields of social/cultural anthropology and religious, Buddhist and Tibetan studies.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityTanya Zivkovic
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9781315886855
dc.identifier.isbn0415830672
dc.identifier.isbn9780415830676
dc.identifier.orcidZivkovic, T. [0000-0002-4990-4372]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/85134
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeLondon, United Kingdom
dc.rights© 2014 Tanya Zivkovic
dc.source.urihttp://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415830676/
dc.subjectBiography & Autobiography
dc.titleDeath and Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism: In-Between Bodies
dc.typeBook
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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