Reason's Traces ; Identity and Interpretation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Thought

Politics & Social Sciences

Matthew T. Kapstein

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

The Tibetans

Wiley/Blackwell

The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over 13 centuries of continuous development. During that time, it has spread among the neighboring peoples - the Mongol, Himalayan, and Siberian peoples, Manchus, and Chinese. At its height is has been practiced in regions as far west as the Volga river and to the east in Beijing. Its capacity for creative adaptation is demonstrated by its recent growth in Europe and America. At the same time, it is at the center of political contestation in ethnically Tibetan regions of China, while its best known exponent, the Dalai Lama, has become one of the most admired religious leaders in the world today. But what does this religion teach? Just what is the position of the Dalai Lama, and how will his succession be assured? Is it true that Tibetan Buddhism in entirely suppressed in China? Scholar Matthew Kapstein offers a brief account responding to these questions and more in this Very Short Introduction, in terms that are accessible to students, general readers, journalists, and others who are curious to learn the most essential features of Tibetan Buddhist history, teachings, and practice.

Tibetan Buddhism (Very Short Introductions)

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity

Melvyn C. Goldstein

Motilal Banarsidass

<p>Interest in tibet has developed very rapidly during the past several decades and numerous texts, artifacts and records of life in tibetan communities are now readily available to researchers the tibetans provides a comprehensive introduction to this intriguing land orienting the reader to the tibetan geographical region and its inhabitants topics treated here include tibetan religious and political history, together with major aspects of tibetan culture: social institutions, religious and philosophical traditions, literature and the arts a concluding chapter discusses the fragile position of tibetan civilization in the modern world, surveying events that have transpired since tibets incorporation into the peoples republic of china</p>

Wiley India Pvt.Ltd

Soundings in Tibetan Civilization

Barbara Nimri Aziz

Vajra Publications

The Life and Work of Auleshi : Sherpa Buddhist Artist and Adept

Hugh R. Downs

Ngawang Tengye

Vajra Books

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