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Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / by John Powers.

By: Material type: TextTextIthaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, 2007Edition: Second EditionDescription: 591 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781559392822
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/923 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ7604 .P69 2007
Online resources:
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.
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Book Book Lindholme Hall Library General stacks Vajrayana 400 POW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2405992

Previously published: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.