Building a religious empire : Tibetan Buddhism, bureaucracy, and the rise of the Gelukpa /
"This book focuses on the story of the Geluk (Tibetan Dge lugs) school of Tibetan Buddhism, the most widespread school of Tibetan Buddhism, best known through its symbolic head, the Dalai Lama. The vast majority of the monasteries in Tibet and Inner Mongolia-a landscape that makes up a third of...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Encounters with Asia
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