TY  - BOOK
AU  - Powers,John
TI  - A concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
SN  - 9781559392969
AV  - BQ7604 .P688 2008
U1  - 294.3/923 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Ithaca, N.Y.
PB  - Snow Lion Publications
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - China
KW  - Tibet Autonomous Region
KW  - Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
KW  - Religion
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip087/2007052611.html
ER  -