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"The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society." "Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions...
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Śata-piṭaka volume 28
Publisher
[International Academy of Indian Culture]
Pub. Date
1963.
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English
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Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde volume Heft 53
Publisher
Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien
Pub. Date
2002
Language
Deutsch
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Sacred books of the Buddhists volume 44
Publisher
Pali Text Society
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
10) The Sovereign all-creating mind--the motherly Buddha: a translation of the Kun byed rgyal poʼi mdo
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
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Shambhala
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"A prince must capture and bring back to his country a wily zombie--but will the zombie's magical powers prove too great for the prince? These zombie stories, known as the Vetalapancavimsati in Sanskrit, are engrossing teaching tales that originated in ancient India but have become popular in the Buddhist culture of Tibet, as well as in other Asian cultures. The hero has to bring back to his country a zombie endowed with magical powers, but to succeed...
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
©1997
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English
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Religions of Tibet in Practice is a landmark work, the first major anthology on the topic ever produced. It presents a stunning array of works (hagiographies, pilgrimage guides, prayers, accounts of visits to hell, epics, consecration manuals, sermons, and exorcism texts) that together offer an unparalleled view of the realities of those who have inhabited the Tibetan cultural domain over the centuries. The volume provides a wealth of voices that...
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Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde volume Heft 56
Publisher
Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English