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The Geluk Domestication of Tantra

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Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar
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Brenton Sullivan presents his new book "Building a Religious Empire: Tibetan Buddhism, Bureaucracy, and the Rise of the Gelukpa" and discuss the third chapter, "Institutionalizing Tantra", in more detail
In his new book, "Building a Religious Empire Tibetan Buddhism, Bureaucracy, and the Rise of the Gelukpa (UPenn Press, 2020)" Sullivan utilizes constitutions written for Buddhist monasteries as well as Chinese and Tibetan historical materials to uncover the role of Buddhist prelates in legislating and administering their monasteries across Inner Asia.
In this talk, he will focus in particular on the attention these prelates gave to domesticating tantra taking the streams of powerful mouth to ear practices meant for the liberation of the practitioner and bringing them into the confines of the monastery,
where they serve the purposes of the institution.

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Series
Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar
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Brenton Sullivan
Keywords
tibetan buddhism
Gelukpa
Tantra
Amdo
monastic history
Department: Faculty of Oriental Studies
Date Added: 31/03/2021
Duration: 00:54:23

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