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A Monastery in Time (Paperback)
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A Monastery in Time (Paperback)
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"A Monastery in Time" is the first book to describe the life of a
Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner
Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural
Revolution, Caroline Humphrey and Hurelbaatar Ujeed tell a story of
religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that
spans three centuries. Often overlooked in Buddhist studies,
Mongolian Buddhism is an impressively self-sustaining tradition
whose founding lama, the Third Mergen Gegen, transformed Tibetan
Buddhism into an authentic counterpart using the Mongolian
language. Drawing on fifteen years of fieldwork, Humphrey and Ujeed
show how lamas have struggled to keep Mergen Gegen's vision alive
through tremendous political upheaval, and how such upheaval has
inextricably fastened politics to religion for many of today's
practicing monks. Exploring the various ways Mongolian Buddhists
have attempted to link the past, present, and future, Humphrey and
Ujeed offer a compelling study of the interplay between the
individual and the state, tradition and history.
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