| Description |
x, 560 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Princeton readings in religions |
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Princeton readings in religions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Gesar of Ling -- The Royal Way of Supreme Compassion -- A Tribal History -- Bon Rescues Dharma -- The Guide to the Crystal Peak -- Guidebook to Lapchi -- The Life of Tilopa -- Atisa's Journey to Tibet -- The Journey to the Golden Mountain -- A Quest for "The Path and Result" -- The Yogin Lorepa's Retreat at Lake Namtso -- Memories of a Past Life -- A Rite of Empowerment -- The Horseback Consecration Ritual -- An Offering of Torma -- An Avalokitesvara Sadhana -- A Fasting Ritual -- Food, Clothes, Dreams, and Karmic Propensities -- The Elements, Insanity, and Lettered Subjectivity -- The Regulations of a Monastery -- The Sermon of an Itinerant Saint -- From the Autobiography of a Visionary -- A Prayer to the Lama -- A Prayer to the God of the Plain -- Invocations to Two Bon Deities -- A Smoke Purification Song -- Daily Prayers -- Mindfulness of Death -- A Prayer for Deliverance from Rebirth -- Dying, Death, and Other Opportunities -- Cards for the Dead -- Returning from Hell -- Exorcising Demons with a Buddhist Sutra -- Turning Back Gossip -- Hail Protection -- A Prayer Flag for Tara. |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religion.
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Buddhist literature, Tibetan -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952-
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| ISBN |
0691011842 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780691011844 cloth alkaline paper |
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0691011834 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780691011837 paperback alkaline paper |
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