Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese : mediation and superscription of the Tibetan tradition in contemporary Chinese society
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Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese : mediation and superscription of the Tibetan tradition in contemporary Chinese society
Lexington Books, c2020
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-264) and index
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Description
This study analyzes the growing appeal of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It examines the Tibetan tradition's historical context and its social, cultural, and political adaptation to Chinese society, as well as the effects on Han practitioners. The author's analysis is based on fieldwork in all three locations and includes a broad range of interlocutors, such as Tibetan religious teachers, Han practitioners, and lay Tibetans.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Tibetan Buddhism as a Worldview
Chapter One: The State, Popular Imagination, and Traditional Chinese Cosmology
Chapter Two: Superscribing New Meaning on Guan Gong, the Chinese 'God of War'
Chapter Three: The Confucian Revival and Tibetan Buddhism
Chapter Four: Pragmatism, Protestantism and Tibetan Buddhism in Hong Kong
Chapter Five: Tibetan Deities and Spirits in a Multilayered Tibetan Landscape
Chapter Six: Chinese Ghosts and Tibetan Buddhism
Conclusion: Tibetan Buddhism Engaging Contemporary China: Continuity, Change, and Authenticity
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