Tibetan Renaissance Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan Culture

Name: Tibetan Renaissance Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan Culture
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ISBN: 9780231134712

ISBN-10: 0231134711

ISBN-13: 9780231134712

Edition: 2005

Authors: Ronald Davidson

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How did a society on the edge of collapse and dominated by wandering bands of armed men give way to a vibrant Buddhist culture, led by yogins and scholars? Ronald M. Davidson explores how the translation and spread of esoteric Buddhist texts dramatically shaped Tibetan society and led to its rise as the center of Buddhist culture throughout Asia, replacing India as the perceived source of religious ideology and tradition. During the Tibetan Renaissance (950-1200 C.E.), monks and yogins translated an enormous number of Indian Buddhist texts. They employed the evolving literature and practices of esoteric Buddhism as the basis to reconstruct Tibetan religious, cultural, and political…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 616
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.86" long x 0.14" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



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