Offers the most sustained discussion and history of the Nechung Oracle to date, including translations from never-before-used texts, rituals, biographies, wall inscriptions, and murals
Incorporates ethnographic accounts and the voices of practitioners to enhance historical readings with Tibetan perspectives today
Based on fieldwork conducted at both Nechung Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, and the Nechung re-established in exile, in Dharamsala, India, as well as monasteries related to Nechung at both sites
