Monastic and lay traditions in North-Eastern Tibet

Dondhup, Yangdon, Pagel, Ulrich and Samuel, Geoffrey Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5563-871X, eds. 2013. Monastic and lay traditions in North-Eastern Tibet. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, Leiden and Boston: Brill. 10.1163/9789004256422

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Abstract

In recent years, the Sino-Tibetan frontier regions have attracted increasing scholarly interest. The region of Rebkong in Qinghai province is of particular significance because of its unique location on the Sino-Tibetan borderland, its multi-ethnic population and its complex religious history, which incorporates both large Geluk monasteries and significant Nyingma and Bonpo lay tantric communities. Covering the nineteenth century to the present, this volume brings together ten papers that explore the relationship between religion and culture in Rebkong. Using insights from anthropology, history and religious studies, the contributors offer new research and fresh interpretations of this important region on China’s periphery, discussing issues of ethnicity and identity, the role of public institutions, and the role of religion and rituals.

Item Type:	Book - edited
Book Type:	Edited Book
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Publisher:	Brill
ISBN:	9789004255692
Funders:	AHRC
Projects:	Locating Culture, Religion and Self: A Study of the Tantric Community in Reb kong
Last Modified:	31 Jul 2026 15:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/53723

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