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Lucid and economical, this introductory text delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey of Tibetan Buddhism. For many years Powers's nearly 600-page Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism has served as the field's most authoritative and comprehensive overview of Tibet's distinctive Buddhist tradition. A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra and provides a survey of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.From Publishers WeeklyPowers, another graduate of the University of Virginia Buddhist studies program that has produced a cadre of scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, condenses a longer introductory work. Tibetan Buddhism is both esoteric and difficult, so any text that elucidates it performs intellectual service. This one admirably unpacks the topic of tantra, that distinctive aspect of Tibetan Buddhist teaching. Tantra includes texts, practices and ideas, and Powers sketches with mastery one very complex system. The book logically selects material essential to a survey: history, key concepts, doctrines and distinctions among various schools of thought. Particularly helpful is a survey of Tibetan Buddhist ideas abo

Who reads A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism?

Author

John Powers (undifferentiated), John Powers

Publisher

Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781559392969

Category

religious

Subjects

Fiction, Religion, Philosophy

Rating

3.68 / 5 (86 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14