Monastery in time : the making of Mongolian Buddhism /
Humphrey, Caroline.
Hürelbaatar, Ujeed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Buddhist life at Mergen -- Mergen Gegen and the arts of language -- Mergen Monastery and its landscape -- Duke Galdan, perspectives on the self in the Qing era -- Sülde : the "spirit of invincibility," its multiplicity and its secrets -- The afterlife of the 8th Mergen Gegen -- Sengge : a lama's knowledge and its vicissitudes -- The Chorji Lama : inheriting from the past in a new world -- Regroupings of laity -- Tradition and archivization -- Epilogue : dispersion and creation.
Lubsangdambijalsan, Mergen Gegen, 1717-1766.
Mergen Su̇m-e (Urad Zhongqi, China)
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
Buddhism