The Tibetan Assimilation Of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, And Memory

Book Summary


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.

Book Details


Book Name The Tibetan Assimilation Of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, And Memory
Author Matthew T. Kapstein
Publisher Oxford University Press, Usa (Sep 2000)
ISBN 9780195131222
Pages 336
Language English
Price 6817
 
 

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