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To coincide with the celebrations surrounding the 70th birthday of the Dalai Lama and the exhibition to be held at the Ethnographic Museum of Zurich University (Volkerkundemuseum der Universitat Zurich) in July, Serindia will be publishing a history of all the dalai lamas, each portrayed in text and illustrations. Essays contributed by sixteen authors illuminate the institutions of reincarnation and enthronement of the dalai lamas, interregna, panchen lamas, and relations between the dalai lamas and the Chinese. The lives and work of the dalai lamas are illustrated with

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Author:   Martin Brauen
Publisher:   Serindia Publications, Inc
Imprint:   Serindia Publications, Inc
Edition:   Illustrated edition
Weight:   1.934kg
ISBN:  

9781932476224

ISBN 10:   1932476229
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 August 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Leonard W.J. van der Kujip: The idea of Tulku (sprul sku) and the Genesis of the Dalai Lamas as a Religious and Institutional-political Concept; Shen Weirong: 1st Dalai Lama; Amy Heller: 2nd Dalai Lama; Nina Kollmar Paulenz: 3rd and 4th Dalai Lama; Kurtis Schaeffer: 5th Dalai Lama; Erberto Lo Bue: 6th Dalai Lama; Matthew Kapstein: 7th Dalai Lama and His Relations to the Qing Court; Derek F. Maher: 8th Dalai Lama; Derek F. Maher: 9th to 12th Dalai Lama; Elliot Sperling: The Golden Urn and Its Use by the Qing in the Recognition of the Dalai Lamas; Tsering Shakya: 13th Dalai Lama; Alex Norman: 14th Dalai Lama; Georges Dreyfus: From Protective Deities to International Stardom: 14th Dalai Lama's Stance towards Modernity and Buddhism; Fabienne Jagou: On the relations between the Panchen Lamas and Dalai Lamas; Amy Heller: The Protective Deities of the Dalai Lamas; Michael Henss: The Iconography of the Dalai Lama Representations; Martin Brauen: The Dalai Lamas Through the Eyes of Westerners; Peter Schwieger: Administrative Documents of the Office of the Dalai Lamas; Michael Henss: The Potala.

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