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010 _a 2007052611
020 _a9781559392969
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050 0 0 _aBQ7604
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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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