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Symposium: Art, Politics, and Tibet's Eastern Neighbors (Complete)
NEW YORK, May 5, 2018 — Tibetan Buddhism's dynamic political role was a major catalyst in moving the religion beyond Tibet to its eastern neighbors. In this presentation, Karl Debreczeny explained how Tibetan Buddhism offered both a legitimizing model of sacred kingship and promised ritual magic that could be utilized to expand empires. (31 min., 54 sec.)