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A leading writer and researcher on Tibet, Sam van Schaik offers an accessible and authoritative introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by examining its key texts, from its origins in the eighth century to teachings practiced across the world today. In addition to demonstrating its richness and historical importance, van Schaik's fresh translations of and introductions to each text provide a comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism's most popular teachings and concepts—including rebirth, compassion, mindfulness, tantric deities, and the graduated path—and discusses how each is put into practice. The book unfolds chronologically, conveying a sense of this thousand-year-old tradition's progress and evolution. Under the spiritual leadership of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism has an estimated ten to twenty million adherents worldwide. Written for those new to the topic, but also useful to seasoned Buddhist practitioners and students, this much-needed anthological introduction provides the deepest understanding of the key writings currently available.

Buddhism --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions

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Rdzogs-chen (Rñiṅ-ma-pa). --- Rdzogs-chen (Rñiṅ-ma-pa). --- Rdzogs-chen (Rñiṅ-ma-pa)

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Tantric Buddhism --- Boudhisme tantrique --- Bouddhisme tantrique --- Rituals. --- Rituel --- Dunhuang manuscripts. --- History --- Rituals --- Dunhuang manuscripts --- History. --- Tantric Buddhism - China - Tibet Autonomous Region - History --- Tantric Buddhism - Rituals

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Esoteric Buddhism in late first millennium Tibet and China is nowhere in evidence so clearly as in materials from Dunhuang. In the original contributions presented here, Robert Mayer and Cathy Cantwell examine the consecrations of the wrathful divinity Vajrakīlaya, while Sam van Schaik considers approaches to the vows of tantric adepts. Philosophical interpretations of Mahāyoga inform Kammie Takahashi’s study of the ‘Questions of Vajrasattva’. The background for later Tibetan tantric mortuary rites are examined in chapters by Yoshiro Imaeda and Matthew Kapstein. In the closing chapter, Katherine Tsiang investigates early printing in relation to esoteric dhāraṇīs, and their role as amulets accompanying the deceased. The collection is an important advance in our understanding of the historical development of Buddhist tantra.

Tantric Buddhism --- History. --- Rituals. --- Dunhuang manuscripts.

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Since their discovery a century ago, the Dunhuang manuscripts have revolutionized the study of Asian religions. Until recently, however, the rich materials relating to esoteric tantric Buddhism have been largely ignored. This volume provides an indispensable doorway into these materials. An introduction summarizes the discovery, worldwide dissemination and general character of these Tibetan treasures. The catalogue entries provide introductory discussions of the manuscripts' contents, in addition to reordering the often scrambled folios, linking them to their long-lost counterparts in other collections, and matching them with corresponding texts in the Tibetan canon. The catalogue includes indices to Tibetan and Sanskrit titles, names and terms, as well as all Pelliot manuscripts referenced. The result is an invaluable resource for scholars of Buddhism.

Tantric Buddhism --- Manuscripts, Tibetan --- Manuscripts --- Stein, Aurel, --- Library --- British Library --- Dunhuang manuscripts --- 091 <41 LONDON> --- 091 =954 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Tibetaanse talen --- 091 =954 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Tibetaanse talen --- 091 <41 LONDON> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- Tibetan manuscripts --- Buddhism, Tantric --- Buddhist tantrism --- Esoteric Buddhism --- Mantrayāna Buddhism --- Mikkyō --- Tantrism, Buddhist --- Vajrayāna Buddhism --- Buddhism --- Mahayana Buddhism --- Stein, M. A. --- Stein, M. Aurel --- Stein, Marcus Aurel, --- Stein, Mark Aurel, --- Stein, Marc Aurel, --- Sitanyin, Aolei'er, --- Sitanyin, Make Aoli'er, --- Ssu-tʻan-yin, --- Ssu, Tʻan-yin, --- Sutain, M. A., --- Sutain, Ōreru, --- Aoxue'er Sitanyin, --- 奥雪尔·斯坦因, --- BL --- Tun-huang manuscripts --- British library --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- British Museum --- B.L. (British Library) --- Great Britain. --- Sifriyah ha-Briṭit --- Ying-kuo tʻu shu kuan --- Da Ying tu shu guan --- 大英图书馆 --- Tantric Buddhism - Manuscripts - Catalogs. --- Manuscripts, Tibetan - England - London - Catalogs. --- Stein, Aurel, - Sir, - 1862-1943 - Library - Catalogs. --- Stein, Aurel, - Sir, - 1862-1943