Image and Imagination in Mongolian Buddhism

Art, Texts, and Rituals

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

In Mongolian Buddhism, texts, rituals, and images are deeply interwoven, yet they are typically studied separately. This book is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exploration of Mongolian Buddhism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, drawing on previously unexamined writings and artworks to shed new light on the intricate interrelationships that define this tradition.Vesna A. Wallace and Uranchimeg Tsultemin—a religious studies scholar and an art historian—combine their expertise to demonstrate how textual and visual imagery have built and maintained Mongolian Buddhist community and identity over time. They show that individual and collective acts of imagination are central to a vast range of contemplative, ritual, liturgical, and artistic practices, shaping religious and cultural experience and tradition. Wallace and Tsultemin track the transmission and development of Buddhist belief and practice through a vast range of textual and visual sources. This book also considers how Mongolian Buddhist scholars, contemplatives, and artists expressed their religious views and social concerns in response to the political events of their times. Highlighting little-known treasures of Mongolian culture and featuring extensive illustrations, Art and Imagination develops pioneering insights into Mongolian Buddhist texts, objects, and practices.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-04-14
Mått:156 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:796 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Columbia University Press
ISBN:9780231194792

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Buddhism inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Vesna A. Wallace is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the editor of Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society (2015), among other books.Uranchimeg Tsultemin is the Edgar and Dorothy Fehnel Chair in International Studies and an associate professor of art history at Indiana University’s Herron School of Art and Design. She is the author of A Monastery on the Move: Art and Politics in Later Buddhist Mongolia (2021), among other books.

Recensioner i media

Bringing together two leading specialists in Mongolian Buddhism, Image and Imagination in Mongolian Buddhism transforms our understanding of the textual, aesthetic, and social history of one of the world’s most lavish and inspired, but relatively unknown, Buddhist societies. Herein, readers will find both a rich history of Mongolian Buddhism across the imperial-socialist transition and an innovative model for collaborative work across the disciplinary frontiers of religious studies and art history. These pages will be read and read again by generations of scholars and students.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsConventionsIntroduction, by Vesna A. Wallace and Uranchimeg TsulteminPart I: Memory, Imagination, and ImageryIntroduction to Part I, by Vesna A. Wallace1. Aspiring for Śambhala: Desire, Imagination, and Linguistic Imagery, by Vesna A. Wallace2. Imagination in the Ritual of the Transference of Consciousness to Śambhala and Other Related Practices, by Vesna A. Wallace3. Imagination in Repelling the Barbarian Troops Through Ritual, by Vesna A. WallacePart II: The Jebtsundampa’s Guru Yoga: Building Imagined Community in the Present, Past, and FutureIntroduction to Part II, by Uranchimeg Tsultemin4. The Supreme Teacher, by Uranchimeg Tsultemin5. The Historical Consciousness of the Community, by Uranchimeg Tsultemin6. Projection Into the Future: Visual Supplication for the Arrival of the Next Teacher, by Uranchimeg TsulteminConclusion, by Vesna A. Wallace and Uranchimeg TsulteminAppendix A: Translations and Transliterations of Mongolian Inscriptions on the Two PaintingsAppendix B: Consecration InscriptionNotesBibliographyIndex