A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
Author: Powers, John
ISBN: 9781559392969
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Feb 2013
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9781559392969
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Feb 2013
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback / softback
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.