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    <title>Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism : ‡b the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism /  Martin A. Mills</title>
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    <namePart>Mills, Martin A.</namePart>
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  <abstract>An anthropological study of Tibetan Buddhist monasticism, ritual practices, and the relationship between religious authority, identity, and political/state structures, with particular attention to Gelukpa monasticism.</abstract>
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    <topic>Buddhism ‡z Tibet ‡x Rituals. Gelukpa (Sect) Monasticism and religious life,Buddhism &amp;  Tibet Monasticism and religious life</topic>
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