Buddhism Observed

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Buddhism Observed

Travellers, Exiles and Tibetan Dharma in Kathmandu

Religion: general Tibetan Buddhism

Author: Peter Moran

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Collection: Anthropology of Asia

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 2nd September 2003

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 882 Kb

ISBN: 9781134341849


How do contemporary Westerners and Tibetans understand not only what it means to be ''Buddhist'', but what it means to be hailed as one from ''the West'' or from ''Tibet''?

This anthropological study examines the encounter between Western travellers and Tibetan exiles in Bodhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal and analyses the importance of Buddhism in discussions of political, cultural and religious identity.

Based on extensive field research in Nepal, Buddhism Observed questions traditional assumptions about Buddhism and examines the rarely considered phenomenon of Western conversions to a non-Western religion. Scholars of Anthropology, Religion and Cultural Studies will find here a refreshing insight into how to approach ''other'' societies, religions and cultures.

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