Conjuring the Buddha: Ritual Manuals in Early Tantric Buddhism

Conjuring the Buddha: Ritual Manuals in Early Tantric Buddhism

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Author/Contributor(s): Dalton, Jacob P
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date: 01/17/2023
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
Jacob P. Dalton offers a history of early tantric Buddhist ritual through the lens of the Tibetan manuscripts discovered near Dunhuang on the ancient Silk Road. He argues that the spread of ritual manuals offered Buddhists an extracanonical literary form through which to engage with their tradition in new and locally specific ways.