Elder Gongga 貢噶老人 (1903-1997) between China, Tibet and Taiwan: assessing life, mission and mummification of a Buddhist woman

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dc.contributor.authorTravagnin, Stefania
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-21T16:50:05Z
dc.date.available2017-03-21T16:50:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractElder Gongga (1903-1997), a Chinese Buddhist woman native of Beiping, played a crucial role in the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in China and Taiwan, bridged Dharma traditions, and merged Buddhist and cultural identities; she also became an eminent nun in the history of female Buddhism for life achievements and the worship of her mummified body after death. The analysis of Elder Gongga's life and works contributes to better understand history, dynamics and networks of Buddhism in twentieth century China and Taiwan: Elder Gongga's story is the story of a Chinese Buddhist woman who practiced and spread Tibetan Buddhism first in China and then in Taiwan, and therefore another portrayal of the conditions of women following Tibetan Buddhism in the Chinese region in the twentieth-century. The mummification of her body after death contributes to the debate on body and material culture in the Buddhist context.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationTRAVAGNIN, S. 2016. Elder Gongga 貢噶老人 (1903-1997) between China, Tibet and Taiwan: assessing life, mission and mummification of a Buddhist woman. Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, 3(1), 250-272.en
dc.identifier.endpage272en
dc.identifier.issn2009-7409
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religionsen
dc.identifier.startpage250en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3810
dc.identifier.volume3en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherISASR in association with the Study of Religions, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://jisasr.org/
dc.rights(c)2017, The Author(s).en
dc.subjectElder Gonggaen
dc.subjectTibetan Buddhismen
dc.subjectBuddhist mummificationen
dc.subjectBuddhism in Taiwanen
dc.subjectBuddhist womenen
dc.subjectNetworksen
dc.titleElder Gongga 貢噶老人 (1903-1997) between China, Tibet and Taiwan: assessing life, mission and mummification of a Buddhist womanen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (JISASR). Vol. 3, Issue 1, (2016)