Vajra brother, Vajra sister: Renunciation, individualism and the household in Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-34

  Mills, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749850415     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.t01-1-00002     Document Type: Article

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