Tibetan Buddhism in Diaspora: Cultural re-signification in practice and institutions(Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)

Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

This book analyses the nature of the Tibetan Buddhism in the Diaspora. It examines how the re-signification of Tibetan Buddhist practices and organizational structures in the present refers back to the dismantlement of the Tibetan state headed by the Dalai Lama and the fragmentation of Tibetan Buddhist religious organizations in general. It includes extensive multi-sited fieldwork conducted in the