Death and Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism

In-Between Bodies
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-57558-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 266 g

Reihe: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

Contextualising 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zivkovic, Tanya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Relics and Reincarnation of Khenchen Sangay Tenzin 3. The Spiritual Mastery or (Spirit Possession) of Gupha Rinpoche 4. Embodying the Past in the Present: Gelongma Palmo 5. Buddhism Across Cultures: Bokar Rinpoche 6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tanya Zivkovic is a Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Her research explores the body and cultural trajectories of the lifecourse.