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LEADER: 01626cam a22002774a 4500
001 2007052611
003 DLC
005 20090828101511.0
008 071227s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007052611
020 $a9781559392969 (alk. paper)
020 $a1559392967 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-cc-ti
050 00 $aBQ7604$b.P688 2008
082 00 $a294.3/923$222
100 1 $aPowers, John,$d1957-
245 12 $aA concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism /$cJohn Powers.
260 $aIthaca, N.Y. :$bSnow Lion Publications,$cc2008.
300 $a165 p. ;$c23 cm.
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.
651 0 $aTibet (China)$xReligion.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip087/2007052611.html