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

by Matthew T. Kapstein

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195152271
• ISBN13: 9780195152272
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 8.9"