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Religions Of Tibet

Autor: Tucci,

Número de Páginas: 358

Very little is known in the West about Tibetan Buddhism in comparison with other eastern religions. This is partly because the vast literature which it has produced, and which illuminates its history, is still far from accessible. In addition there exists a deep division between monastic Lamaism and religion as it is lived by the people: the former is fragmented into many schools, while the latter shows numerous regional variations. The first comprehensive account of Tibetan Buddhism to be published in English since Waddell's "Buddhism of Tibet" appeared in 1894, this translation is certain to become the standard reference work on the subject.

Tibetan Religions

Autor: Gazangjia

Número de Páginas: 178

The Philosophical View of the Great Perfection in the Tibetan Bon Religion

Autor: Donatella Rossi

Número de Páginas: 320

Dzogchen, or the Great Perfection, is considered by both the Bonpos and the followers of the Nyigma school in Tibet to be the culmination of all spiritual teachings. The philosophical view of the Great Perfection introduces the individual to the knowledge of reality, which is one with the enlightened state of all beings. In this book the Dzogchen view is presented in two Bonpo texts belonging to the revered terma (treasure) and oral traditions, here for the first time translated and critically edited in their entirety.

The Religions of Tibet

Autor: Giuseppe Tucci

Número de Páginas: 359

This book provides the historical background and description of Buddhism in Tibet, clarifying the uniqueness of Tibetan Buddhism.

Tantric Revisionings

Autor: Geoffrey Samuel

Número de Páginas: 408

Relating to Tibetan Buddhism and Indian religion, this work is a collection of articles. These articles are linked by their subject matter, and they are also linked by a common approach to religion.

The Religions of Tibet

Autor: Helmut Hoffmann

Número de Páginas: 276

This book, first published in 1961, examines the old Tibetan Bon religion, the development of Buddhism in India and Tibet, and covers the religious struggles of the eighth and ninth centuries. It also describes the rise of the Lamaist sects and the priest state of the Dalai Lamas, and taken as a whole is a study of the development of the character of Tibet itself.

The Tibetan History Reader

Autor: Gray Tuttle , Kurtis R. Schaeffer

Número de Páginas: 749

Answering a critical need for an accurate, in-depth history of Tibet, this single-volume resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies. Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, the volume is organized chronologically and regionally to complement courses in Asian and religious studies and world civilizations. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, this anthology offers both a general and ..

Meeting the "other"

Autor: Rieki Crins

Número de Páginas: 218

Bhutan is unique amongst the small group of nations in the Himalayas. It is peaceful and democratic. Above all, it emphasizes happiness that is not necessarily associated with possession of material goods. It protects the environment by eschewing mass tourism that could trample its fragile land. Bhutan is also known for creating the world's one and only Index of Happiness as a measure of wellbeing for its people, which it prefers over the more materialistic and widely used index of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In 1990, the Bhutanese government invited Western scientists to conduct research in one of Bhutan's most remote villages. Bhutan is a country where spirituality is everywhere, where the logic of the animist/Buddhist religion ordains that life is experienced entirely in the present and where human gender is conceived of as part and parcel of the cosmos. The people of Bhutan identify this experience explicitly as “sustainability.”

The Encyclopedia of World Religions

Autor: Robert S. Ellwood

Número de Páginas: 529

Contains nearly 600 brief entries on the world's religious traditions.