Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Chronology of Events
Introduction
1 Pilgrims, Fieldworkers, and Secret Agents: Buryat Buddhologists and a Eurasian Imaginary
2 Sovereign Bodies: Death, Reincarnation, and Border Crossings in the Transnational Terrain
3 The Post-Soviet Treasure Hunt: New Sacred Histories and Geographies
4 Disciplining the Monastic Body: Buryat Monks and Nuns
5 The Body as Gift: Gender, the Dead, and Exchange in the Chöd Ritual Economy
6 Buddhism after Socialism: Money and Morality in the World of Sa?sara
Epilogue Bodies, Gifts, and Sovereignty
Bibliography
Index