Magic and Ritual in Tibet : The Cult of Tara
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Edition
2nd ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788120804890
Length
xxii+542p., Plates; Figures; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 22cm.
Subjects
This paper represents a first attempt to formulate the processes and presuppositions of Tibetan Buddhist ritual, a field that has been left relatively untouched by Western scholars. One finds oneself almost immediately intimidated by the vast amount of material to be covered, even though there remains only a decimated literary debris carried from Tibet by refugees of the Chinese occupation. Here the problem of organization becomes acute. ...
