The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory
Author:   Matthew T. Kapstein (Associate Professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, The Divinity School and the College, University of Chicago)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195131222


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 August 2000
Format:   Hardback
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The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory


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This book explores the Buddhist role in the formation of Tibetan religious thought and identity. In three major sections, the author examines Tibet's eighth-century conversion, sources of dispute within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and the continuing revelation of the teaching in both doctrine and myth.

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Author:   Matthew T. Kapstein (Associate Professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, The Divinity School and the College, University of Chicago)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9780195131222


ISBN 10:   0195131223
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 August 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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A rich field of thoughtful analysis and a fertile seedbed of ideas about how Dharma was received and transmitted in Tibet up to the fifteenth century The Middle Way convincingly argued ... informative and insightful The Middle Way


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