HIST 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: 5Th Dalai Lama, Gelug, Kangxi Emperor
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Tibetan land very hard to conquer because of geography. Tibet was never powerful as a political entity. Fifth dalai lama was important, lots of authority. Stele of 822 declares non-intervention between china and. Once you die your soul gets judged for 10 months. Determines what your next body will be. Can go to nirvana but: tibetans in a multi-polar world, manchus in a multi-ethnic empire, mongol interventions in tibet, manchu intervention in tibet. Mongols were a combination of different political groups. Genghis khan pulls them together at the beginning of the chooses not to. Khoshot mongol leader is gushri khan at the time of the 5th. This stuff is reality, not religion for tibetans. Hong taji, father of the first emperor of the qing dynasty. Wants him to give him a blessing so as to give khans a message. Dalai goes on a tour to visit all the mongol groups.
