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Author:
Dalton, Jacob Paul, 1969-
Title:
The Taming of the Demons : Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism / Jacob P. Dalton.
Publisher:
Yale University Press,
Copyright Date:
2011, ©2011
Description:
x, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Tantric Buddhism--Tibet Autonomous Region.--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Violence--Tantric Buddhism.--Tantric Buddhism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Evil and Ignorance in Tantric Buddhism -- Demons in the Dark -- A Buddhist Manual for Human Sacrifice? -- Sacrifice and the Law -- Foundational Violence -- Buddhist Warfare -- Conclusions: Violence in the Mirror -- Appendix A. The Subjugation of Rudra -- Appendix B. Dunhuang Liberation Rite (Transcription of PT42/ITJ419) -- Appendix C. Dunhuang Liberation Rite II (Translation and Transliteration of PT840/1)
ISBN:
0300153929 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780300153927 (cloth : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)669269898
LCCN:
2010042341
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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