The Relationship between Religion and State : (chos srid zung 'brel), in
Traditional Tibet/edited by Christoph Cuppers. Nepal, Lumbini International
Research Institute, 2004, 339 p., (pbk). ISBN 99933-769-9-X.
The Relationship between Religion and State : (chos srid zung 'brel), in
Traditional Tibet/edited by Christoph Cuppers. Nepal, Lumbini International
Research Institute, 2004, 339 p., (pbk). ISBN 99933-769-9-X.
Contents: 1. Introductory remarks on the spiritual and temporal orders/David Seyfort Ruegg. 2. The notion of "Buddhist Government" (chos srid) shared by Tibet, Mongol and Manchu in the early 17 century/Yumiko Ishihama. 3. Formation of the state of Bhutan ('Brug gzhung) in the 17 century and its Tibetan antecedents/John Ardussi. 4. "Rekindling the flame", a note on royal patronage in tenth century Tibet/Heather Stoddard. 5. The role of clan power in the establishment of religion (from the kheng log of the 9-10 century to the instances of the dByil of La stod and gNyos of Kha rag)/Roberto Vitali. 6. The persistence of ritual: continuities in the execution of political religion in Tibet/Michael Walter. 7. Magic power, sorcery and evil spirit: the image of Tibetan monks in Chinese literature during the Yuan dynasty/Weirong Shen. 8. Karma rol-pa'i rdo-rje and the re-establishment of karma-pa political influence in the 14 century/Elliot Sperling. 9. Spiritual relationships between rulers and preceptors: the three journeys of Vanaratna (1384-1468) to Tibet/Franz-Karl Ehrhard. 10. rNying ma pa Lams at the court of Mang yul Gung thang - the meeting of the gTer ston bsTan gnyis gling pa with king Kun bzang nyi zla grags pa/Karl-Heinz Everding. 11. Srid ohne Chos? reflektionen zum Verhaltnis von Buddhismus und sakularer Herrschaft im tibetischen Kulturraum/Dieter Schuh. 12. U rgyan pa Rin chen dpal (1230-1309) part two: for emperor Qubilai? his garland of tales about rivers/Leonard W.J. van Der Kuijp.