Enlightenment and the gasping city Mongolian Buddhism at a time of environmental disarray / Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko.
| Author/creator | Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Dust and obscuration in a new economy -- A history of enlightenment in Mongolia -- Buddhism, purification and the nation -- Ignorance and blur -- Networks and visibility -- Karma and purification -- Removing blockages, increasing energy -- Temple critiques -- White foods, purification and enlightenment -- Conclusion : stillness and movement. |
| Abstract | "A timely exploration of how human beings experience their increasingly degraded environments, this book demonstrates how the pollution of the air, with its attendant limitations on light and breath, creates obscurations both cosmologically and materially for the residents of Ulaanbaatar, and how these blockages reside in a dynamic relationship with light, purification and enlightenment"-- |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia, author. Enlightenment and the gasping city Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501737640 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018050327 |
| ISBN | 9781501737664 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 9781501737671 (epub/mobi) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |