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来源类型 | Faculty Working Papers |
规范类型 | 工作论文 |
来源ID | CID Working Paper No. 154 |
The Formation of the Tibetan State Religion: The Geluk School 1419-1642 | |
Rachel M. McCleary and Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp | |
发表日期 | 2007-12 |
出版年 | 2007 |
摘要 | Monopolistic competition of Tibetan Buddhism by the eleventh-twelfth century allowed for many schools and sects to develop with little differentiation in religious products. The rise of the Ming dynasty (1368-1424) represented a significant shift in Yuan foreign policy toward Tibetan affairs. Ming disengagement of China in Tibet translated into a liberalization of local politics with one major pattern emerging: a shift from secular politics and clan wealth to ecclesiastical monastic institutions. The Geluk sect formed during this period, successfully introducing superior technology in its organizational characteristics (celibacy, ordained abbots, casuistical adherence, scholastic training and doctrinal orthodoxy). The club model formation of the Gelukpa distinguished it from other schools and sects, reinforcing the technological superiority of its organization. With the loss of its major Tibetan patron, the Gelukpa facing extinction by its fiercest competitor, the Karmapa, raised the stakes by introducing the incarnate position of the Dalai Lama and his labrang (financial estate). The introduction of the incarnate Dalai Lama represented a technological improvement in that the Gelukpa could now directly compete for wealthy patrons with their fiercest competitor, the Karmapa. By forming an alliance with a foreign power (Mongols), the Gelukpa were willing to use extreme violence to become the state religion. |
URL | https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications/faculty-working-papers/cid-working-paper-no.-154 |
来源智库 | Center for International Development (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/503082 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rachel M. McCleary and Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp. The Formation of the Tibetan State Religion: The Geluk School 1419-1642. 2007. |
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