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The living Buddhas of Tibet
Yen-ching-she-hui-ko-hsueh [Yenching Social Science] • 1 • Published In 1948 • Pages: HRAF pagination: 1-26 [original pagination: 117-131 ]
By: Li, Youyi, Chang, Peng.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is based upon the personal observations of Li yu-i who spent three and a half years in Tibet. This is an excellent and comprehensive study of the living Buddhas of Tibet and their position in Tibet in the past and in the 1940s. The contents are as follows: the history of the Buddhas; the ranks of the Living Buddhas; the organization of the Bla'brang'; the reincarnation of Living Buddhas and its recognition; the life of the Living Buddhas; and the Living Buddhas in relation to Tibetan society of the 1940s. This article analyzes their prestige in theocratic Tibet, and elucidates the powerful social and economic influence which they have over the common people.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prophets and ascetics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tibetans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Verosky ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1945
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tibet
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Li Yu-I
- Translation of: Hsi-tsang-ti-huo-fu.
- The original Chinese text is not available in the HRAF Collection.
- Translated for Human Relations Area Files by Peng Chang at the University of Washington. 1952 [1966]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- c 66000458
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tibet (China)--Religion