A concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / John Powers
- Bib ID:
- 4492455
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Powers, John, 1957-
- Description:
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- Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, c2008
- 165 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781559392969
- 1559392967
- Full contents:
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- The Indian background
- Origins of Tibetan Buddhism
- The Buddha
- The Buddha's teaching career
- Mahāyāna
- Origins
- Mahāyāna 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 Mahāyāna
- 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
- Kagyu
- Sakya
- Géluk.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-151) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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