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008			740507s1988 ii b 001 0 eng
010			_a 74186109
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040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _beng _erda
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050	0	0	_aBQ4710.T34 _bT53
082	0	0	_a294.3/4/38
100	1		_aBeyer, Stephan V., _d1943-
245	1	4	_aMagic and ritual in Tibet : _bthe cult of Tara.
250			_aFirst Indian Edition.
264			_aDelhi : _bMotilal Banarisdass Publishers, _c1988.
300			_axxi, 542 pages, _c25 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aBibliography: p. 503-519.
520			_aThe real history of man is the history of religion."; The truth of the famous dictum of Max Muller, the father of the History of Religions, is nowhere so obvious as in Tibet. Western students have observed that religion and magic pervade not only the forms of Tibetan art, politics, and society, but also every detail of ordinary human existence. And what is the all-pervading religion of Tibet? The Buddhism of that country has been described to us, of course, but that does not mean the question has been answered. The unique importance of Stephan Beyerís work is that it presents the vital material ignored or slighted by others: the living ritual of Tibetan Buddhists. The reader is made a witness to cultic proceedings through which the author guides him carefully. He does not force one to accept easy explanations nor does he direct one's attention only to aspects that can be counted on to please. He leads one step by step, without omitting anything, through entire rituals, and interprets whenever necessary without being unduly obtrusive. Oftentimes, as in the case of the many hymns to the goddess Tara, the superb translations speak directly to the reader, and it is indeed as if the reader himself were present at the ritual - From Worldcat
600	0	0	_aTārā _c(Buddhist deity) _xCult _zChina _zTibet Autonomous Region.
650		0	_aBuddhism _xRituals.
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