The Dalai Lama and the Nechung Oracle
Tibetan Buddhism and the Dalai Lama enjoy global popularity and relevance, yet the longstanding practice of oracles within the tradition is still little known and understood. The Nechung Oracle, for example, is believed to become possessed by an important god named Pehar, who speaks through the human medium to confer with the Dalai Lama on matters of state. The Dalai Lama and the Nechung Oracle is the first monograph to explore the mythologies and rituals of this god, the Buddhist monastery that houses him, and his close friendship with incarnations of the Dalai Lama over the centuries.In the seventeenth century, during the reign of the Fifth…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-753337-6
- EAN: 9780197533376
- Produktnummer: 35880358
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 18
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Christopher Bell is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stetson University in Florida. His research focuses on Tibetan ritual and deity cults, as well as Asian models of divinity.
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