Title Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / by John Powers

Edition Revised edition Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, 2007

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Description 591 pages ; 23 cm Contents The Indian background -- Buddhism in India -- Some important Buddhist doctrines -- Meditation -- Mahayana -- Tibetan history and culture -- Tibetan religious history -- The twentieth century -- Festivals and holy days -- Geography and architecture -- Tibetan Buddhist doctrines and practices -- Tantra -- Death and dying in Tibetan Buddhism -- The schools of Tibetan Buddhism -- The four schools -- Nyingma -- Kagyu -- Sakya -- Geluk -- Bon: A heterodox system Analysis Australian Notes Previously published: 1995 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [561]-575) and indexes Subject Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. SUBJECT Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117269 LC no. 2007019309 ISBN 1559392827 (alk. paper) 9781559392822 (alk. paper)

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