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SUMMARY:Mountain God\, Celestial God\, and Kingship: The Non-Buddhist Trad
 ition in Dunhuang Tibetan Documents
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DESCRIPTION:BuddhistRoad Guest Lecture by Yuewei Wang \n\nThe lecture wil
 l be available live at Zoom. Please pre-register until 23 January 2024\, 1
 2 pm. Zoom lecture times: 2 pm (CET) (Amsterdam\, Berlin\, Rom\; Vienna)\n
 \nThe Tibetan Dunhuang manuscripts from the 8th to 11th centuries are pivo
 tal for understanding early Tibetan religions\, centered around mountain g
 od worship\, seen as earthly manifestations of the celestial gods (Tib. lh
 a). These divine celestial beings were thought to bestow divine rulership\
 , deity systems\, laws\, and societal foundations upon humanity. The texts
  from Dunhuang (and other early Tibetan texts\, such as Stod lha rabs) del
 ineate three evolving relationships between celestial gods and mountain go
 ds and the rulers:\n\n\n	Tibetan pre-imperial period (up to ca. 600): Loca
 l rulers (Tib. rgyal po) revered mountain gods for safeguarding and as sym
 bols of their rule.\n	Tibetan imperial period (ca. 600–850): Mountain go
 ds were personal deities (Tib. sku bla) of divine kings (Tib. btsan po)\, 
 essential in royal ceremonies but also capable of forsaking kings. Subjuga
 ted rulers were compelled to honor the Tibetan king’s personal deity.\n	
 Additionally\, the renowned mountain gods of central Tibet\, the nine moun
 tain gods (Tib. lha dgu)\, were depicted as paternal relatives to the sacr
 ed Tibetan king\, both descendants of the celestial Phyva class.\n\n\nThes
 e narratives trace the mountain gods’ transformation from local guardian
 s to divine relatives of the Tibetan sovereigns\, mirroring the shifting p
 olitical and power dynamics of the era. The study concentrates on two emin
 ent Tibetan mountain gods\, Tanglha yazhur (Tib. Thang lha ya bzhur) and Y
 arlha shampo (Tib. Yar lha sham po)\, exploring the ideological and regal 
 facets of pre-Buddhist Tibet.\n\nYuewei Wang is Post-doctoral researcher a
 ssociated with Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l’Asie orien
 tale\, Paris\, and Ph.D. holder of École Pratique des Hautes Études-Pari
 s Sciences et Lettres. Her research interests focus on the Tibetan religio
 us history in textual resources and social practices\, the evolution of Ti
 betan mountain cults amidst societal changes\, and the comparative religio
 us theory. Her recent works include: “The Cult of the Mountain God Gnyan
  chen thang lha in Tibet” (PhD diss.\, EPHE\, Paris\, 2023)\, “Gnyan c
 hen Thang lha and his Three Vows in Byang gter” Revue d’Etudes Tibét
 aines: For A Critical History of the Northern Treasures\, vol. II (Paris\,
  upcoming\, 2023)\, and “Buddhism and Amdo Tibetan Society: Taking Amcho
 g Local Society as the Case” (PhD diss.\, Minzu University of China\, Be
 ijing\, 2018).\n\nTo join the lecture\, please register at https://ruhr-u
 ni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EqcuypqTsrGtbgbzS65z\n\n 
LOCATION:Online Event
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/mountain-god-celestial-god-and-kingship
 -the-non-bu/
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