A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism

Author/Contributor(s):	Powers, John
Publisher:	Snow Lion
Date:	4/28/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.