Rule By Incarnation

Tibetan Buddhism And Its Role In Society And State

Franz Michael

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Routledge
07 May 2019

Regional studies

The 1959 Chinese military takeover of Tibet brought an end to a unique way of life in which Buddhism provided legitimacy to political and social authority in Tibet and served as value system, cultural bond, philosophy of life, and framework for a complex political and social order. The religious-political system of Tibet now exists only in the memories of those who experienced it. 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. Using Max Weber's framework of the interrelationship between religious ideologies and the emergence of social, economic, and political systems, Franz Michael and his colleagues analyze the concepts that are central to Tibetan Buddhism and apply them to the Tibetan people, their social and political order, and their way of life. Much of the study is based on interviews with Tibetans in exile-from incarnations and highly placed ecclesiastical and secular government leaders to farmers, herdsmen, and housewives. The result is important not only as the record of a culture, but also as it is related by the authors to the broader issue of the modernization of non-Western traditional societies.

By: Franz Michael
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367286231
ISBN 10: 0367286238
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 07 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Franz Michael