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Illustrated study of the "crazy saint" (onpa ; Tibetan: smyon pa) tradition as practiced by lay religious practitioners (buchen) in Spiti, in the Himalayan region of northwestern India; also includes article by Tashi Tsering (Amnye Machen Institute) on the origin of the Bla ma manipa (Tibetan: bla ma ma ṇi pa) storytellers.
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Disciples of a crazy saint: the Buchen of Spiti
2011, Pitt Rivers Museum
in English
0902793519 9780902793514
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Photographing the Buchen -- Patrick Sutherland
Preliminary notes on the origin of the Bla ma manipa storytellers and their fate in exile today -- Tashi Tsering.
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"First published in Great Britain in 2011 to accompany the exhibition 'Disciples of a Crazy Saint: The Buchan of Spiti' at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 9 December 2010 - 3 July 2011"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
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