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Building a religious empire: Tibetan Buddhism, bureaucracy, and the rise of the Gelukpa

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0812252675 (hardcover)
ISBN	9780812252675 (hardcover)
Author	Sullivan, Brenton
Title	Building a religious empire : Tibetan Buddhism, bureaucracy, and the rise of the Gelukpa / Brenton Sullivan
Publisher	Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021
Physical desc.	280 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Encounters with Asia
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The Geluk school's innovative use of monastic constitutions -- Administering a monastery for the 'common good' -- Institutionalizing tantra -- the systematization of doctrine and education -- Singing together in one voice -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Monastic constitutions to the mid-eighteenth century.
Subject	Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History
	Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) -- Tibet Region -- History
	Buddhist monasteries -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History
	Buddhist monasteries -- Tibet Region -- History
	Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Government -- History
	Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History
	Buddhism -- Tibet Region -- History

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