Buddhism in Mongolian history, culture, and society

Oxford University Press

2015

XXII, 325 Seiten

9780199958641

Acknowledgments ; Contributors ; Introduction ; Vesna A. Wallace ; Part I ; 1. What Happened to Queen Jonggen? ; Johan Elverskog ; 2. The Western Mongolian Clear Script and the Making of the Buddhist State ; Richard Taupier ; 3. Shakur Lama: The Last Attempt to Build the Buddhist State ; Baatr Kitinov ; 4. Modernities, Sense Making, and the Inscription of Mongolian Buddhist Place ; Matthew King ; 5. Envisioning a Mongolian Buddhist Identity through Chinggis Khaan ; Vesna A. Wallace ; Part II ; 6. Establishment of the Mergen Tradition of Mongolian Buddhism ; Uranchimeg Ujeed ; 7. Zanabazar (1635-1723): Vajrayana Art and the State in Medieval Mongolia ; Uranchimeg Tsultemin ; 8. The Power and Authority of Maitreya in Mongolia Examined through Mongolian Art ; Uranchimeg Tsultemin ; 9. A Literary History of Buddhism in Mongolia ; Simon Wickham-Smith ; 10. How Vajrapani Became a Mongol ; Vesna A. Wallace ; 11. What Do Protective Deities, Mongolian Heroes, and Fast Steeds Have in Common? ; Vesna A. Wallace ; 12. Buddhist Sacred Mountains, Auspicious Landscapes, and Their Agency ; Vesna A. Wallace ; Part III ; 13. Criminal Lamas: Court Cases Against Buddhist Monks in Early Socialist Mongolia ; Christopher Kaplonski ; 14. Transition and Transformation: Buddhist Women of Buryatia ; Karma Lekshe Tsomo ; 15. The Social and Cultural Practices of Buddhism: The Local Context of Inner Mongolia in the First Half of the Twentieth Century ; Hurelbaatar Ujeed

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