TY - BOOK AU - Bentor,Yael AU - Cabezón,José Ignacio AU - Decleer,Hubert AU - Germano,David AU - Gyatso,Janet AU - Huber,Toni AU - Jackson,Roger AU - Kapstein,Matthew AU - Klein,Anne C. AU - Kohn,Richard J. AU - Kornman,Robin AU - Kvaeme,Per AU - Lopez,Donald S. AU - Pommaret,Françoise AU - Sangpo,Khetsun TI - Religions of Tibet in Practice: Abridged Edition T2 - Princeton Readings in Religions SN - 9780691188171 AV - BQ7620 U1 - 294.3/923 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Buddhism KW - China KW - Tibet Autonomous Region KW - Buddhist literature, Tibetan KW - Translations into English KW - RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Princeton Readings in Religions --; Note On Transliteration --; Contents --; List of Contributors --; Introduction --; Accounts of Time and Place --; 1. The Royal Way of Supreme Compassion --; 2. A Tribal History --; 3. Bon Rescues Dharma --; 4. The Guide to the Crystal Peak --; 5. Guidebook to Lapchi --; Remarkable Lives --; 6. Atiśa's journey to Tibet --; 7. The Journey to the Golden Mountain --; 8. The Yogin Lorepa's Retreat at Lake Namtso --; Rites and Techniques --; 9. A Rite of Empowerment --; 10. The Horseback Consecration Ritual --; 11. An Offering of Torma --; 12. An Avalokiteśvara Sādhana --; 13. A Fasting Ritual --; 14. Food, Clothes, Dreams, and Karmic Propensities --; 15. The Regulations of a Monastery --; Prayers and Sermons --; 16. The Sermon of an Itinerant Saint --; 17. From the Autobiography of a Visionary --; 18. A Prayer to the Lama --; 19. A Prayer to the God of the Plain --; 20. Invocations to Two Bön Deities --; 21. A Smoke Purification Song --; Dealing with Death and Other Demons --; 22. Mindfulness of Death --; 23. Dying, Death, and Other Opportunities --; 24. Cards for the Dead --; 25. Returning from Hell --; 26. Turning Back Gossip --; 27. Hail Protection --; 28. A Prayer Flag for Tārā --; Index; restricted access N2 - Originally published in 1997, Religions of Tibet in Practice is a landmark work--the first major anthology on the topic ever produced. This new edition--abridged to further facilitate course use--presents a stunning array of works that together offer an unparalleled view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized thematically, the twenty-eight chapters are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world, past and present. Religions of Tibet in Practice remains a work of great value to scholars, students, and general readers UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691188171?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691188171 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691188171.jpg ER -