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The holy land reborn : pilgrimage & the Tibetan reinvention of Buddhist India / Toni Huber.

By: Series: Buddhism and modernityPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 501 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780226356501
  • 0226356507
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Holy land reborn.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/4350954 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ6460 .H83 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Part One: Locating and Dislocating the Land of the Buddha; 1 The Shifting Terrain of the Buddha; 2 Buddhist Knowledge and Anachronism in Tibet; 3 Journeying to the Centre of the World; 4 Tantric Buddhist India and Its Tibetan Appropriation; Part Two: Reinventing the Holy Land in India; 5 Nirvana in Assam; 6 Return to the Centre of the World; 7 The Allure of the Atsaras; 8 The Precious Guru in the Punjab; Part Three: Modern Rebirths of the Holy Land; 9 Archaeological and Discursive Rebirths of Buddhist India.
The Dalai Lama has said that Tibetans consider themselves 'the child of Indian civilization' and that India is the holy land from whose sources the Tibetans have built their own civilization. This work looks at this relationship and how Tibetans have maintained it, particularly by way of pilgrimage.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-483) and index.

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The Dalai Lama has said that Tibetans consider themselves 'the child of Indian civilization' and that India is the holy land from whose sources the Tibetans have built their own civilization. This work looks at this relationship and how Tibetans have maintained it, particularly by way of pilgrimage.

List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Part One: Locating and Dislocating the Land of the Buddha; 1 The Shifting Terrain of the Buddha; 2 Buddhist Knowledge and Anachronism in Tibet; 3 Journeying to the Centre of the World; 4 Tantric Buddhist India and Its Tibetan Appropriation; Part Two: Reinventing the Holy Land in India; 5 Nirvana in Assam; 6 Return to the Centre of the World; 7 The Allure of the Atsaras; 8 The Precious Guru in the Punjab; Part Three: Modern Rebirths of the Holy Land; 9 Archaeological and Discursive Rebirths of Buddhist India.

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