Lamas, Shamans and Ancestors

Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
Lamas, shamans and ancestors : village religion in Sikkim / by Anna Balikci. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. - XX, 403 S. : Ill., Kt. - (Brill's Tibetan studies library ; vol. 17)
ISBN 978-90-04-16706-3 / 90-04-16706-4
EUR 99,00
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: London, University of London (SOAS), Diss., 2002 unter dem Titel: Buddhism and shamanism in village Sikkim / Anna Balikci. London 2002

Beschreibung
This careful study of the co-existence over time of Buddhism and shamanism among the Lhopo (Bhutia) people of Sikkim sheds new light on their supposedly hostile relationship. It examines the working relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon, taking into consideration the sacred history of the land as well as its more recent political and economic transformation. Their interactions are presented in terms of the contexts in which lamas and shamans meet, these being rituals of the sacred land, of the individual and household, and of village and state. Village lamas and shamans are shown to share a conceptual view of reality which is at the base of their amiable coexistence. In contrast to the hostility which, the recent literature suggests, characterizes the lama-shaman relationship, their association reveals that the real confrontation occurs when village Buddhism is challenged by its conventional counterpart. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Preface
A note on the text
List of illustrations
PART I: THE SETTING
1. Introduction
2. Perspectives on the past
3. The hidden land and its supernatural population
4. Village religion: ritual of illness
5. The shamans
PART II: THE LAND
6. The land, its workers, harvests and rituals
7. The land, its problems and ritual solutions
PART III: THE HOUSEHOLD
8. Life and ritual cycles of household members
9. Curing and protective rituals of the household
PART IV: THE VILLAGE AND THE STATE
10. Ritual, the village and the state
11. Conventional Buddhism and village religion
12. Conclusion: The apparent dichotomy between Bon and Buddhism
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Autorin
ANNA BALIKCI, Ph.D. (2002) in Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London, is Research Coordinator at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim. She is the editor of the Bulletin of Tibetology and author of a number of articles and films on Sikkim. Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.

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