Tibetan Buddhist spiritual capital in contemporary China

Thesis

As the spiritual cachet of Tibetan Buddhism has surged among contemporary PRC-based Han Chinese audiences, a vibrant Sinophone Tibetan Buddhist milieu has taken root in the nation’s religious ‘grey space.’ This dissertation poses the key question of how this milieu, comprised by hundreds – if not thousands – of overlapping teacher-centred networks, has given rise to forms of lay Buddhist identity, practice and community that are compatible with, and compelling within, the historically...

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Authors: Hardie, C

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-kookxbqzw
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Tibetan religion; Han Chinese involvement in Tibetan Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Buddhism in China; Sino-Tibetan religious encounter; Sino-Tibetan religious interactions; anthropology of Tibetan Buddhism
• Subjects: Chinese religion; Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Anthropology of Religion