RELB 2054 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tibetan Buddhism, Trisong Detsen, Samye

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: Religion-Buddhism
• Course: RELB 2054
• Professor: Michael Schuman

Document Summary

Amdo: central/lower tibet, now includes ngari (western tibet) and jangtang (east of ngari, tsangpo river, relatively mild climate, central river valleys, northern/western parts have high plateaus and mountains. The yellow river valley includes the riches agricultural lands in the region and is a zone of considerable ethnic diversity: dominated by the heights of amnye machen [mountain range, amdo tso-ngon = the blue lake of amdo. The parallel courses of mekong and salween are separated by the summits of the kawa karpo range (prominent of tibet"s sacred mountain range) Usually have a centralized gov"t and a centralized religion. Small villages/groups of villages in narrow valleys that are hard to get through. Pastoralists: migrate according to age-old patterns of territorial rights. 30 or so miles in any given direction: distances traveled not extremely far, migration is often vertical, according to season, perhaps an outgrowth of settled agriculturalists. The appeal of buddhism to the tsenpos: international conversation.