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Enlightened rainbows : the life and works of Shardza Tashi Gyeltsen
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ISBN: 1282399314 9786612399312 9047433726 9789047433729 9789004168237 9004168230 9781282399310 6612399317 Year: 2008 Volume: v. 18 Publisher: Leiden : Brill,

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Shardza Tashi Gyeltsen (1859-1934) is one of the most important luminaries of the Bon tradition of Tibet and certainly the most striking recent master of the teachings of the Great Perfection . Throughout his life, he applied the principles of the Great Perfection in numerous isolated retreats and perfected both spiritual realization and scholarly erudition. His works have nowadays become immensely important references for the modern Bon tradition, even if, for some lineage holders of this Tibetan school, he is best associated with the movement known as 'New Bon'. This widely diffused view, however, is wrong as is clearly shown by the analysis of Shardza Rinpoche's Collected Works in the present volume.


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Lamas, shamans and ancestors : village religion in Sikkim
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ISSN: 15686183 ISBN: 1282398911 9786612398919 9047433483 9789047433484 9789004167063 9004167064 9781282398917 6612398914 Year: 2008 Volume: v. 17 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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This careful study of the co-existence over time of Buddhism and shamanism among the Lhopo (Bhutia) people of Sikkim sheds new light on their supposedly hostile relationship. It examines the working relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon , taking into consideration the sacred history of the land as well as its more recent political and economic transformation. Their interactions are presented in terms of the contexts in which lamas and shamans meet, these being rituals of the sacred land, of the individual and household, and of village and state. Village lamas and shamans are shown to share a conceptual view of reality which is at the base of their amiable coexistence. In contrast to the hostility which, the recent literature suggests, characterizes the lama-shaman relationship, their association reveals that the real confrontation occurs when village Buddhism is challenged by its conventional counterpart.

Politics in the parish : the political influence of Catholic priests
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ISBN: 1589013891 1435648730 9781435648739 1589011937 9781589011939 9781589011939 9781589013896 Year: 2008 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press,

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For well over a century the Catholic Church has articulated clear positions on many issues of public concern, particularly economics, capital punishment, foreign affairs, sexual morality, and abortion. Yet the fact that some of the Church's positions do not mesh well with the platforms of either of the two major political parties in the U.S. may make it difficult for Americans to look to Catholic doctrine for political guidance. Scholars of religion and politics have long recognized the potential for clergy to play an important role in shaping the voting decisions and political attitudes

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