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Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
- Title
- Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / by John Powers.
- Author
- Powers, John, 1957-
- Publication
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BQ7604 .P69 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 591 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Indian Background -- 1. Buddhism in India -- 2. Some Important Buddhist Doctrines -- 3. Meditation -- 4. Mahayana -- Pt. 2. Tibetan History and Culture -- 5. Tibetan Religious History -- 6. The Twentieth Century -- 7. Religious Festivals and Holy Days -- 8. Geography and Architecture -- Pt. 3. Tibetan Buddhist Doctrines and Practices -- 9. Tantra -- 10. Death and Dying in Tibetan Buddhism -- Pt. 4. The Orders of Tibetan Buddhism -- 11. The Four Orders -- 12. Nyingma -- 13. Kagyu -- 14. Sakya -- 15. Geluk -- 16. Bon: A Heterodox System -- Chronology of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.
- ISBN
- 9781559392822 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1559392827 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007019309
- OCLC
- ocn124075030
- 124075030
- SCSB-5375462
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries