Title Building a religious empire : Tibetan Buddhism, bureaucracy, and the rise of the Gelukpa / Brenton Sullivan

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations Series Encounters with Asia Encounters with Asia. Contents Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Geluk School's Innovative Use of Monastic Constitutions -- Chapter 2. Administering a Monastery for the "Common Good" -- Chapter 3. Institutionalizing Tantra -- Chapter 4. The Systematization of Doctrine and Education -- Chapter 5. Singing Together in One Voice -- Conclusion Summary Building a Religious Empire presents an account of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism during its expansion and consolidation of power from the mid-seventeenth through the mid-eighteenth centuries, examining the extraordinary effort Geluk lamas put into establishing institutional frameworks to standardize monastic life Analysis Buddhist bureaucrat Buddhist monasteries Dalai Lama Geluk school History of Buddhism Mongolia Nepal lama official Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 15, 2021) Subject Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) -- Tibet Region -- History Buddhist monasteries -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History Buddhist monasteries -- Tibet Region -- History Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Government -- History Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History Buddhism -- Tibet Region -- History HISTORY -- Asia -- General. Buddhism Buddhist monasteries Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Government Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) China -- Tibet Autonomous Region Tibet Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780812297676 0812297679

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