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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-151) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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A concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / John Powers.

Author/creator	Powers, John, 1957-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, ©2008.
Description	165 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	Buddhism--China. --Tibet Autonomous Region. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Religion.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-151) and index.
LCCN	2007052611
ISBN	9781559392969 (alk. paper)
ISBN	1559392967 (alk. paper)

A concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism / John Powers.

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