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A concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / John Powers.

By: Material type: TextTextIthaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, 2008Description: 165 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781559392969
  • 1559392967
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/923 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ7604 .P688 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
The Indian background -- Origins of Tibetan Buddhism -- The Buddha -- The Buddha's teaching career -- Mahayana -- Origins -- Mahayana doctrines -- The bodhisattva path -- Some important Buddhist doctrines -- Karma and rebirth -- Dependent arising -- Meditation -- The role of meditation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism -- Stabilizing and analytical meditation -- The five Buddhist paths -- Tantra -- The place of the Tantras in Buddhist literature -- Tantra as a branch of Mahayana -- Tantric symbols -- Entering Tantric practice -- The four classes of Tantra -- The preliminary practices -- Death and dying in Tibetan Buddhism -- The four orders -- Similarities and differences -- The nonsectarian movement -- Nyingma -- Sakya -- Kagyu -- Geluk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-151) and indexes.

The Indian background -- Origins of Tibetan Buddhism -- The Buddha -- The Buddha's teaching career -- Mahayana -- Origins -- Mahayana doctrines -- The bodhisattva path -- Some important Buddhist doctrines -- Karma and rebirth -- Dependent arising -- Meditation -- The role of meditation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism -- Stabilizing and analytical meditation -- The five Buddhist paths -- Tantra -- The place of the Tantras in Buddhist literature -- Tantra as a branch of Mahayana -- Tantric symbols -- Entering Tantric practice -- The four classes of Tantra -- The preliminary practices -- Death and dying in Tibetan Buddhism -- The four orders -- Similarities and differences -- The nonsectarian movement -- Nyingma -- Sakya -- Kagyu -- Geluk.