Unearthing Bon Treasures: Life and Contested Legacy of a Tibetan Scripture Revealer - Hardcover

Dan Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9937506328 ISBN 13: 9789937506328

Publisher: Vajra Publications, 2008

Synopsis

Nepalis in the UK are one of Britain s newest ethnic minority communities. Already highly visible because of the Gurkha connection, in an extraordinarily short time they have made their mark on the British landscape and created 100s of community organizations. How far does this impressive associational impulse simply re-create patterns found in Nepal and how far does it represent a series of new departures? Does the new context in which Nepalis find themselves prevent them from following certain traditional practices (e.g. shamanism)? Does it also liberate them and enable other practices? Do the social hierarchies and historical distinctions of Nepal still matter in the UK? How much of a gap is there between public performance and private practice? And why is the gap bigger in some cases than in others? Faced with the inescapable imperative to act ritually (after death, for example), how do UK-based Nepalis respond to these various dilemmas?

Edition details

• Publisher: Vajra Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9937506328
• ISBN 13: 9789937506328
• Binding: Hardcover