Religions of Tibet in Practice

Religions of Tibet in Practice
Author: Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0691188173

Originally published in 1997, Religions of Tibet in Practice is a landmark work--the first major anthology on the topic ever produced. This new edition--abridged to further facilitate course use--presents a stunning array of works that together offer an unparalleled view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized thematically, the twenty-eight chapters are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world, past and present. Religions of Tibet in Practice remains a work of great value to scholars, students, and general readers.

Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet

Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet
Author: Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788120816237

Following the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution, the People's Republic of China gradually permitted the renewal of religious activity. Tibetans, whose traditional religious and cultural institutions had been decimated during the preceding two decades, took advantage of the decisions of 1978 to begin a Buddhist renewal that is one of the most extensive and dramatic examples of religious revitalization in contemporary China. The nature of that revival is the focus of this book.

Religions Of Tibet

Religions Of Tibet
Author: Tucci
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1136179453

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.

The Religions of Tibet

The Religions of Tibet
Author: Helmut Hoffmann
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2018-10-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0429806183

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 Religions of Tibet

The Religions of Tibet
Author: Giuseppe Tucci
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 1988-08-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520063481

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

The Religion of Tibet

The Religion of Tibet
Author: Charles Bell
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1994
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788120810501

Incl. illust. and maps - Buddhism, China, Tibet, History

The Culture of the Book in Tibet

The Culture of the Book in Tibet
Author: Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0231147163

Drawing on sources spanning the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions the scholars and hermits, madmen and ministers, kings and queens responsible for Tibet's massive canons. He describes how Tibetan scholars edited and printed works of religion, literature, art, and science and what this indicates about the interrelation of material and cultural practices. The Tibetan book is at once the embodiment of the Buddha's voice, a principal means of education, a source of tradition and authority, an economic product, a finely crafted aesthetic object, a medium of Buddhist written culture, and a symbol of the religion itself. A meticulous study that draws on more than 150 understudied Tibetan sources, The Culture of the Book in Tibet is the first volume to trace this singular history, allowing for a greater understanding of the Tibetan plateau.

Religion of Tibet

Religion of Tibet
Author: Charles Bell
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Total Pages: 351
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 8120810694

This volume forms a sequel to the author`s Tibet: Past and Present and The people of Tibet. Like them, it is in part a historical account, in part a description of conditions in the earlier part of the twentieth century. Sir Charles Bell traces the history of the introduction to Buddhism, of the resistance and general decay of the older magic-worship of Ponism, and of the developments which have taken place within Tibetan Buddhism itself. The latter part of the book deals more particularly with the religious organization, with life in the great monasteries and with the religious customs and beliefs of the people. The illustrations are from the author`s own photographs taken in Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan.

The Bon Religion of Tibet

The Bon Religion of Tibet
Author: Per Kværne
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The Bon religion claims to be the original and authentic religion of the Tibetan people, and to have been firmly established in the Land of Snows long before Buddhism was introduced in the seventh century AD. Although its adherents were gradually reduced to a minority, Bon has nevertheless continued to flourish in many areas up to the present day in Tibet, especially in the eastern and north-eastern regions where a reconstruction and renaissance is taking place, as well as within the Bon community in exile in India. The iconography of the Bon religion is presented through a series of thangkas, miniatures and bronzes from public and private collections in the West, as well as from communities within Tibet and in exile. With a few exceptions they are hitherto unpublished and date from the late fourteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. The peaceful, tutelary, protector and local deities as well as the Bon siddhas, lamas and dakinis are identified and fully described by means of excerpts from ritual or biographical texts which are translated here for the first time.

On the Margins of Tibet

On the Margins of Tibet
Author: Ashild Kolas
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780295984810

The state of Tibetan culture within contemporary China is a highly politicized topic on which reliable information is rare. Based on fieldwork and interviews conducted between 1998 and 2000 in China's Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures, this book investigates the present conditions of Tibetan cultural life and cultural expression.