Talk:Lisu

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I made several edits to the page on Lisu based on my long term reading on the upland ethnic minorities of mainland Southeast Asia and southwest Yunnan. In particular, my readings have focused on historical transformations of social and economic practices among the Lisu. 15 June 2006 Kathleen Gillogly Kagillogly 20:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Mr. Tan,

I have carefully re-read Mr. Blackbourn's article and at no point does he say that Lisu are Buddhist. He cites Tibetan Buddhist documents stating that Lisu arrived in Arunachal in the early 20th century, but it does not say that they were Buddhist. Furthermore, Tibetan Buddhism is not Theravada Buddhism. In fact, Tibetan Buddhism is of the Mahayana tradition, not the Theravada tradition. (Theravada Buddhism is practiced in Sri Lanka and parts of mainland Southeast Asia, e.g., Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia).

Lisu are among the people that Geoffrey Samuel in Civilized Shamans (1993) lists as Tibetanized. But this Tibetanization did not necessarily occur in Lisu populations becoming Buddhist. Rather, as Tibeto-Burman speaking peoples, they shared a common conceptual and ritual substrate about ideas of personhood and sources of power. Tibetan Buddhism draws on that culture; that does not mean that everyone who is a part of that culture became Buddhist.

Unless you can come up with another source supporting your edit stating that some Lisu are Theravada Buddhists, I will delete this in a couple of weeks. I want to give you time to respond.

Kagillogly 02:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)