A concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / John Powers.
Material type: TextIthaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, 2008Description: 165 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781559392969
- 1559392967
- 294.3/923 22
- BQ7604 .P688 2008
Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Lindholme Hall Library General stacks | Vajrayana | 400 POW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2406006 |
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.