A Concise Introduction To Tibetan Buddhism
by Powers, JohnFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-04-28
Publisher(s): Snow Lion
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Summary
Lucid and economical, this introductory text delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey of Tibetan Buddhism. For many years Powers's nearly 600-page Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism has served as the field's most authoritative and comprehensive overview of Tibet's distinctive Buddhist tradition. A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra and provides a survey of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Author Biography
John Powers teaches at the Center for Asian Societies and Histories at the Australian National University
Table of Contents
| Technical Note | p. 7 |
| Introduction | p. 11 |
| The Indian Background | p. 17 |
| Origins of Tibetan Buddhism | p. 17 |
| The Buddha | p. 18 |
| The Buddha's Teaching Career | p. 26 |
| Mahayana | p. 31 |
| Origins | p. 31 |
| Mahayana Doctrines | p. 36 |
| The Bodhisattva Path | p. 38 |
| Some Important Buddhist Doctrines | p. 45 |
| Karma and Rebirth | p. 45 |
| Dependent Arising | p. 50 |
| Meditation | p. 55 |
| The Role of Meditation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism | p. 55 |
| Stabilizing and Analytical Meditation | p. 58 |
| The Five Buddhist Paths | p. 60 |
| Tantra | p. 63 |
| The Place of the Tantras in Buddhist Literature | p. 63 |
| Tantra as a Branch of Mahayana | p. 67 |
| Tantric Symbols | p. 72 |
| Entering Tantric Practice | p. 74 |
| The Four Classes of Tantra | p. 79 |
| The Preliminary Practices | p. 85 |
| Death and Dying in Tibetan Buddhism | p. 94 |
| The Four Orders | p. 103 |
| Similarities and Differences | p. 103 |
| The Nonsectarian Movement | p. 106 |
| Nyingma | p. 110 |
| Kagyu | p. 117 |
| Sakya | p. 126 |
| Geluk | p. 133 |
| Lexicon of Buddhist Terms | p. 141 |
| Bibliography | p. 149 |
| English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Glossary | p. 153 |
| Terms | p. 153 |
| Names | p. 157 |
| Locations | p. 159 |
| Titles of Works Mentioned | p. 160 |
| Index | p. 161 |
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