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Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest : Newar Buddhism and Its Hierarchy of Ritual 84 by David N. Gellner (1992, Hardcover)
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Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of Ritual (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of Ritual (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)


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  • Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of Ritual (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) available on June 23 2017 from Amazon for 95.00
  • ISBN bar code 9780521383998 ξ2 registered April 29 2017
  • ISBN bar code 9780521383998 ξ1 registered April 29 2017
  • Product category is Book
  • Manufacturered by Cambridge University Press

Many misconceptions circulate in the West about Tantric religion, whether Buddhist or Hindu, mainly because scholars have relied exclusively on textual sources. Here is an account of how Tantric Buddhism works in practice.


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    ^ Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest : Newar Buddhism and Its Hierarchy of Ritual 84 by David N. Gellner (1992, Hardcover) (revised May 2017)
    ^ Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of Ritual (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology), Cambridge University Press. Amazon. (revised Jun 2017)

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"Many misconceptions circulate in the West about Tantric religion, whether Buddhist or Hindu.... Here, for the first time, is an account of how Tantric Buddhism works in practice. Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest is a detailed ethnography of the Mahayana and Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley.It describes the way of life and social organisation of the Hindu-Buddhist city of Lalitpur, the relationship of Buddhism to Hinduism, and the place o..
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   The information provided in this book is fascinating. However, it suffers somewhat from a less than ideal writing style. To the author's credit, he was aiming at an academic audience and probably did not consider readability the most important criterion. The book focuses on the Buddhism of the Newar people of the Kathmandu valley, specifically Lalitpur (a.k.a. Patan). In particular it is concerned with the rituals of Newar Buddhism and what the author describes..
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