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Civilized shamans : Buddhism in Tibetan societies by Samuel, Geoffrey. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Civilized Shamans examines the nature and evolution of religion in Tibetan societies from the ninth century up to the Chinese occupation in 1950. Geoffrey Samuel argues that religion in these societies developed as a dynamic amalgam of strands of Indian Buddhism and the indigenous spirit-cults of Tibet. Samuel stresses the diversity of Tibetan societies, demonstrating that central Tibet, the Dalai Lama's government at Lhasa, and the great monastic institutions around Lhasa formed only a part of
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- Author
- Samuel, Geoffrey.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781560982319
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, Buddhism, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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