Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-486) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction -- PART ONE: THE INDIAN BACKGROUND: Buddhism in India -- Some important Buddhist doctrines -- Meditation -- Mahayana -- PART TWO: TIBETAN HISTORY AND CULTURE: Tibetan religious history -- The Twentieth Century -- Festivals and holy days -- Geography and architecture -- PART THREE: TIBETAN BUDDHIST DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES: Tantra -- Death and dying in Tibetan Buddhism -- PART FOUR: THE SCHOOLS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM: The four schools -- Nyingma -- Kagyu -- Sakya -- Geluk -- Bon: a heterodox system.
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