Long lives and untimely deaths: life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India
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Long lives and untimely deaths
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Nov 30, 2010
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Brill
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97281
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Contents: Note on Previous Publications; Acknowledgements; List of Maps and Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Tibetan Terms and References; Maps; Part One Ethnographic Settings and Analytical Frameworks; Chapter One Introduction; 1. Outlining the Argument; 2. Organisation of the Book; 3. Some Notes on Important Terms; 4. Ethnographic Encounters; Monastics; The Lay Community; Tibetan Medical Practitioners, Astrologers, and Diviners; 5. Documentation Methods and Challenges; 6. Analytical Frameworks: The Anthropology of Time; Part Two The Field Site and Tibetan Areas of Knowledge.; Chapter Two Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills: The Socio-Political and Historical Background1. Historical and Political Climates; 2. Demographic Data of Tibetans; 3. The
Reinvention of Ethnicity: Creating 'Cultural Vibrancy'; 4. What Does it Mean to be a Tibetan in the Darjeeling Hills?; 5. Tibetan Refugees; 6. Being Tibetan Without Speaking Tibetan; 7. Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries; 8. Tibetan Medical Healthcare; Chapter Three Contextualising Tibetan Longevity Practices; 1. An Exposition of Pertinent Tibetan Areas of Knowledge; Tibetan Medicine; Tibetan Astrology; Divinations.; Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist Longevity Rituals2. Knowing about the Life-span; Part Three The Life-span and Life-forces in Tibetan Medical Contexts; Chapter Four Temporal Dimensions of Life-forces; 1. The Three Nyes pa; 2. Temporal Frameworks of the Three Nyes pa; 3. Temporalities and Treatment Schemes; 4. Appropriating the Auspicious: The Best 'Life-force Days' and 'Life-essence Days'; Chapter Five Detecting the Life-forces in the Body and the Life-span in the Pulse; 1. Bla and Its Places in the Body in Tibetan Medical Texts and Clinical Practice.; 2. Divinatory and Temporal Aspects of Pulse Diagnosis3. Rhythm of Pulse, Rhythm of Life; 4. Distilling the Supreme Radiance of Vitality; Part Four The Life-span in Astrological and Divinatory Contexts; Chapter Six Merit, Karma, Liberating Animals, and the Five Astrological Factors; 1. Merit and Karma; 2. The Longevity Practice of Liberating Animals; 3. Astrological Calculations Involving the Five Factors; The Tibetan Almanac; The Life-force & the Body; Power, Prosperity, and Presence; Generating Good Fortune; 'Bla is the Mother of Srog'; 4. Jigme Lost His Bla.; Chapter Seven Untimely Deaths, Remaining, and Maximum Life-spans1. The 'Timely' Death of Samden; 2. A Family Story of Short Lives; 3. Controlling Breath and the Maximum Life-span; 4. The Life-span is Completed; Chapter Eight Divining the Life-span; 1. 'Your Life-span is Exhausted': Momola's Rosary Divination; The Notion of Bar chad; 2. Throwing the Dice: Textual Divination on Tshe and Srog; The Palden Lhamo Divination;
The Certainty of Uncertainty: Divinations on 'Whether Srog is Stable or Unstable'; 3. Life-span Divination and Issues of Accuracy.
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Darjeeling (India : District) -- Religious life and customs.
Darjeeling (India : District) -- Social life and customs. History. Life span, Productive -- India -- Darjeeling (District) Longevity -- India -- Darjeeling (District) Old age -- India -- Darjeeling (District) Tibetans -- India -- Darjeeling (District) -- Religion. Tibetans -- India -- Darjeeling (District) -- Social conditions. Social Science. Genre/Form: Electronic books. Electronic books.
Geographic: Darjeeling (India : District) -- Religious life and customs.
Darjeeling (India : District) -- Social life and customs. India -- Darjeeling (District)
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and index./ Part Five Tibetan Buddhist Long-life Empowerments.
General Info: Other format available: Print version:; Gerke, Barbara.; Long Lives and Untimely Deaths : Life-span Concepts and Longevity Practices Among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India.; Leiden : BRILL, �2011
Class Descriptors: LC: DS432.T5 .G487 2011; Dewey: 305.8954105414
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Access: http://site.ebrary.com/id/10524306 External Resources: Cite This Item Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... Contents: pt. 1. Ethnographic settings and analytical frameworks -- pt. 2. The field site and Tibetan areas of knowledge -- pt. 3. The life-span and life-forces in Tibetan medical contexts -- pt. 4. The life-span in astrological and divinatory context -- pt. 5. Tibetan Buddhist long-life empowerments. Access: Materials specified: ebraryhttp://site.ebrary.com/id/10524306 Materials specified: EBSCOhosthttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=420241 Materials specified: ProQuest Ebook Centralhttp://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=832330 https: //ezproxy.aub.edu.lb/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004217485 Note: Click for access to e-book Geographic: Darjeeling (India : District) -- Religious life and customs. Darjeeling (India : District) -- Social life and customs. India -- Darjeeling (District) Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and index. General Info: Other format available: Print version:; Gerke, Barbara, 1966-; Long lives and untimely deaths.; Boston : Brill, �2012 Class Descriptors: LC: DS432.T5; Dewey: 305.895/4105414 Responsibility: by Barbara Gerke. Vendor Info: ebrary YBP Library Services (EBRY YANK) Material Type: Document (dct); Internet resource (url); eBook (ebk) Date of Entry: 20110819 Update: 20190220 Provider: OCLC Methods and Challenges 28(4) 6 Analytical Frameworks: The Anthropology of Time 32(13) PART TWO THE FIELD SITE AND TIBETAN AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE 2 Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills: The Socio-Political and Historical Background 45(39) 1 Historical and Political Climates 45(11) 2 Demographic Data of Tibetans 56(2) 3 The Reinvention of Ethnicity: Creating `Cultural Vibrancy' 58(3) 4 What Does it Mean to be a Tibetan in the Darjeeling Hills? 61(5) 5 Tibetan Refugees 66(5) 6 Being Tibetan Without Speaking Tibetan 71(4) 7 Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries 75(4) 8 Tibetan Medical Healthcare 79(5) 3 Contextualising Tibetan Longevity Practices 84(35) 1 An Exposition of Pertinent Tibetan Areas of Knowledge 84(27) Tibetan Medicine 84(8) Tibetan Astrology 92(7) Divinations 99(6) Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist Longevity Rituals 105(6) 2 Knowing about the Life-span 111(8) PART THREE THE LIFE-SPAN AND LIFE-FORCES IN TIBETAN MEDICAL CONTEXTS 4 Temporal Dimensions of Life-forces 119(18) 1 The Three Nyes pa 119(3) 2 Temporal Frameworks of the Three Nyes pa 122(5) 3 Temporalities and Treatment Schemes 127(4) 4 Appropriating the Auspicious: The Best `Life-force Days' and `Life-essence Days' 131(6) 5 Detecting the Life-forces in the Body and the Life-span in the Pulse 137(32) 1 Bla and its Places in the Body in Tibetan Medical Texts and Clinical Practice 137(17) 2 Divinatory and Temporal Aspects of Pulse Diagnosis 154(3) 3 Rhythm of Pulse, Rhythm of Life 157(5) 4 Distilling the Supreme Radiance of Vitality 162(7) PART FOUR THE LIFE-SPAN IN ASTROLOGICAL AND DIVINATORY CONTEXTS 6 Merit, Karma, Liberating Animals, and the Five Astrological Factors 169(22) 1 Merit and Karma 169(5) 2 The Longevity Practice of Liberating Animals 174(2) 3 Astrological Calculations Involving the Five Factors 176(11) The Tibetan Almanac 179(2) The Life-force & the Body 181(1) Power, Prosperity, and Presence 182(2) Generating Good Fortune 184(2) `Bla is the Mother of Srog' 186(1) 4 Jigme Lost His Bla 187(4) 7 Untimely Deaths, Remaining, and Maximum Life-spans 191(16) 1 The `Timely' Death of Samden 193(4) 2 A Family Story of Short Lives 197(4) 3 Controlling Breath and the Maximum Life-span 201(4) 4 The Life-span is Completed 205(2) 8 Divining the Life-span 207(22) 1 Your Life-span is Exhausted': Momola's Rosary Divination 208(7) The Notion of Bar chad 213(2) 2 Throwing the Dice: Textual Divination on Tshe and Srog 215(6) The Palden Lhamo Divination 216(1) The Certainty of Uncertainty: Divinations on Whether Srog is Stable or Unstable' 216(5) 3 Life-Span Divination and Issues of Accuracy 221(8) PART FIVE TIBETAN BUDDHIST LONG-LIFE EMPOWERMENTS 9 Ritual Layers of Long-life Empowerments 229(40) 1 The Notion of Byin rlabs 231(3) 2 Tshe dbang Literature Review 234(5) 3 Ritual Layers and Multiple Voices 239(24) The Lama 240(3) The Monks 243(9) The Organisers 252(1) The Sponsor 253(3) The Interpreter 256(1) The Public 257(1)
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