Death and Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism - 9781138575585

Taylor & Francis

Death and Reincarnation in Tibetan BuddhismIn-Between Bodies\nAuthor(s): Tanya Zivkovic\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138575585, 978-1138575585\nSynopsis\nContextualising the seemingly esoteric and exotic aspects of Tibetan Buddhist culture within the everyday, embodied and sensual sphere of religious praxis, this book centres on the social and religious lives of deceased Tibetan Buddhist lamas. It explores how posterior forms corpses, relics, reincarnations and hagiographical representations extend a lamas trajectory of lives and manipulate biological imperatives of birth and death.\n\nThe book looks closely at previously unexamined figures whose history is relevant to a better understanding of how Tibetan culture navigates its own understanding of reincarnation, the veneration of relics and different social roles of different types of practitioners. It analyses both the minutiae of everyday interrelations.