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008			071227s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007052611
020			_a9781559392969
020			_a1559392967
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050	0	0	_aBQ7604 _b.P688 2008
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100	1		_aPowers, John, _d1957-
245	1	2	_aA concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / _cJohn Powers.
264			_aIthaca, N.Y. : _bSnow Lion Publications, _c2008.
300			_a165 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [149]-151) and indexes.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aBuddhism _zChina _zTibet Autonomous Region.
651		0	_aTibet Autonomous Region (China) _xReligion.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip087/2007052611.html
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