High Religion : A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Orthography -- Dramatis Personae -- Chronology of Sherpa History -- CHAPTER I Introduction: The Project, the People, and the Problem -- CHAPTER II The Early History of the Sherpas: Fraternal Contradictions -- CHAPTER III The Foun...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Orthography -- Dramatis Personae -- Chronology of Sherpa History -- CHAPTER I Introduction: The Project, the People, and the Problem -- CHAPTER II The Early History of the Sherpas: Fraternal Contradictions -- CHAPTER III The Founding of the First Sherpa Temple: Political Contradictions -- CHAPTER IV The Meaning of Temple Founding: Cultural Schemas -- CHAPTER V The Sherpas and the State -- CHAPTER VI The Political Economy of Monastery Foundings -- CHAPTER VII The Big People Found the Monasteries: Legitimation and Self-Worth -- CHAPTER VIII The Small People -- CHAPTER IX Monks and Nuns -- CHAPTER X Conclusions: Sherpa History and a Theory of Practice -- APPENDIX I Two Zombie Stories of Early Khumbu -- APPENDIX II Addendum to the Tengboche Chayik -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index Ausführliche Beschreibung