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Dalai Lama and the Nechung Oracle by Christopher Bell (2021, Hardcover)
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The first immortal is the Dalai Lama, the emanation of a bodhisattva, an enlightened being who voluntarily takes rebirth in the world to benefit sentient beings.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100197533353
ISBN-139780197533352
eBay Product ID (ePID)13050024866
Product Key Features
Number of Pages328 Pages
Publication NameDalai Lama and the Nechung Oracle
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBuddhism / Tibetan, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Religion, Politics & State, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science
AuthorChristopher Bell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight23.3 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2020-041260
Reviews"This is an accomplished ... work of scholarship, that takes us deep into the complexities of an arcane aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, which yet retains a significant role in Tibetan national identity." -- Alexander Studholme, The Mirror (International Dzogchen Community Magazine), "This is an important and expertly researched account of the relationship between the Tibetan protector deity Pehar and the lineage of the Dalai Lamas, and the rituals and traditions surrounding Pehar's psychophysical manifestation in the Nechung Oracle." -- S. Wickhamsmith, CHOICE "Impressive overview" -- Patrick James Dunagan, Rain Taxi Review of Books "This is an accomplished ... work of scholarship, that takes us deep into the complexities of an arcane aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, which yet retains a significant role in Tibetan national identity." -- Alexander Studholme, The Mirror (International Dzogchen Community Magazine), "Impressive overview" -- Patrick James Dunagan, Rain Taxi Review of Books "This is an accomplished ... work of scholarship, that takes us deep into the complexities of an arcane aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, which yet retains a significant role in Tibetan national identity." -- Alexander Studholme, The Mirror (International Dzogchen Community Magazine), "This is an important and expertly researched account of the relationship between the Tibetan protector deity Pehar and the lineage of the Dalai Lamas, and the rituals and traditions surrounding Pehar's psychophysical manifestation in the Nechung Oracle." -- S. Wickhamsmith, CHOICE"Impressive overview" -- Patrick James Dunagan, Rain Taxi Review of Books"This is an accomplished ... work of scholarship, that takes us deep into the complexities of an arcane aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, which yet retains a significant role in Tibetan national identity." -- Alexander Studholme, The Mirror (International Dzogchen Community Magazine), This is an accomplished ... work of scholarship, that takes us deep into the complexities of an arcane aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, which yet retains a significant role in Tibetan national identity.
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal294.34204
Table Of ContentAcknowledgement Note on Tibetan Transcription Introduction I. Pehar and the Five King Spirits II. The Fifth Dalai Lama's God III. The Central Rituals IV. The Liturgical Calendar V. Nechung Monastery VI. Institutional Networks VII. The Nechung Oracle Conclusion Bibliography Index
SynopsisTibetan 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 Dalai Lama, the protector deity Pehar and his oracle at Nechung Monastery were state-sanctioned by the nascent Tibetan government, becoming the head of an expansive pantheon of worldly deities assigned to protect the newly unified country. The governments of later Dalai Lamas expanded the deity's influence, as well as their own, by establishing Pehar at monasteries and temples around Lhasa and across Tibet. Pehar's cult at Nechung Monastery came to embody the Dalai Lama's administrative control in a mutual relationship of protection and prestige, the effects of which continue to reverberate within Tibet and among the Tibetan exile community today. The friendship between these two immortals has spanned nearly five hundred years across the Tibetan plateau and beyond., 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., 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 Dalai Lama, the protector deity Pehar and his oracle at Nechung Monastery were state-sanctioned by the nascent Tibetan government, becoming the head of an expansive pantheon of worldly deities assigned to protect the newly unified country. The governments of later Dalai Lamas expanded the deity's influence, as well as their own, by establishing Pehar at monasteries and temples around Lhasa and across Tibet. Pehar's cult at Nechung Monastery came to embody the Dalai Lama's administrative control in a mutual relationship of protection and prestige, the effects of which continue to reverberate within Tibet and among the Tibetan exile community today. The friendship between these two immortals has spanned nearly five hundred years across the Tibetan plateau and beyond.
LC Classification NumberBQ7735.B45 2021
