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008 070507s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2007019309
020 _a9781559392822
040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_dDLC
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050 0 0 _aBQ7604
_b.P69 2007
082 0 0 _a294.3/923
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100 1 _aPowers, John,
_d1957-
245 1 0 _aIntroduction to Tibetan Buddhism /
_cby John Powers.
250 _aSecond Edition
264 _aIthaca, N.Y. :
_bSnow Lion Publications,
_c2007.
300 _a591 pages ;
_c23 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aPreviously published: 1995.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aBuddhism
_zChina
_zTibet Autonomous Region.
651 0 _aTibet Autonomous Region (China)
_zReligion.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007019309.html
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