Title
Three Creative Encounters: Tibetan Buddhist Tradition and Authority in American Convert Communities
Publication Date
April 2014
Advisor(s)
Peter Gottschalk
Major
Religion
Language
English (United States)
Abstract
This thesis thematically explores how three Tibetan Buddhist teachers imagine a Tibetan Buddhist tradition for their American convert communities via interpretation of resources; this process claims authority for teachers, resources, and the tradition. Twenty-first century Tibetan Buddhist lineage holders in the United States contend with texts, places, and pasts to construct the appearance, paradoxically, of a tradition that transcends these particular resources.
Recommended Citation
Meador, Reid Elizabeth, "Three Creative Encounters: Tibetan Buddhist Tradition and Authority in American Convert Communities" (2014). Honors Theses - All. 1270.
https://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/etd_hon_theses/1270
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