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The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism
2000Abstract 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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2019
Tibetan Buddhist understandings of the death process bridge scientific, materialist observations and religio-spiritual interpretations. Tibetan Buddhism and medicine overlap in the context of death, and doctors of Tibetan medicine are trained in tantric Buddhist theories as well as anatomy and pharmacology. Based on written as well as contemporary oral
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Tibetan Buddhist understandings of the death process bridge scientific, materialist observations and religio-spiritual interpretations. Tibetan Buddhism and medicine overlap in the context of death, and doctors of Tibetan medicine are trained in tantric Buddhist theories as well as anatomy and pharmacology. Based on written as well as contemporary oral
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2016
This chapter examines contemporary Tibetan Buddhism through an exploration of its transformation from a pre-modern form of Vajrayana Buddhism that was localized in Tibet and the wider Himalayan region, to its modern paradigm within the framework of Global Buddhism. In the contemporary period, Tibetan Buddhism inside Tibet is examined in relation to the
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This chapter examines contemporary Tibetan Buddhism through an exploration of its transformation from a pre-modern form of Vajrayana Buddhism that was localized in Tibet and the wider Himalayan region, to its modern paradigm within the framework of Global Buddhism. In the contemporary period, Tibetan Buddhism inside Tibet is examined in relation to the
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Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism
Journal of Chinese Religions, 2018Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism is an ambitious and promising volume that is exciting for several reasons.
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The Lamp and the Wind in Tibetan Buddhism
Philosophy East and West, 1955In the eighth century A.D., a vehement dispute arose in Tibet between representatives of Indian Buddhism, then predominately Madhyamika, and certain Chinese Buddhists who preached an extreme quietism. The Tibetan king invited the great Indian pandit Kamala"ila to represent the Midhyamikas in a debate to decide the issue.
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The Earth as a Treasure in Tibetan Buddhism
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 2015In this article I examine conceptions of the environment in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of Treasure revelation that I propose are founded upon systems of exchange and relationality. Tibetan religious specialists known as Treasure revealers do not simply remove a Treasure from its place; they often leave a ‘replacement Treasure’ intended to appease ...
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Ultimate Reality in Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhist-Christian Studies, 1988In Vancouver, when it was suggested that the next topic be "ultimate reality," someone questioned whether the Buddhist representatives would accept the topic. I guessed that the question arose because it was presumed that Buddhists would assert that everything is illusion and thus there can be no reality.
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