The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory

by Matthew T. Kapstein

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190288204
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/07/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB