The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism

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Editore: Oxford University Press
Genere: Religion
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Pagine: 336 pagine
ISBN10: 0195152271
ISBN13: 9780195152272
Lingua: EN
This book explores the Buddhist role in the formation of Tibetan religious thought and identity. In three major sections, the author examines Tibet's eighth-century conversion, sources of dispute within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and the continuing revelation of the teaching in both doctrine and myth.