Religions of Tibet in practice /
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| Edition: | Abridged ed. |
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| Imprint: | Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( x, 421 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton readings in religions Princeton readings in religions. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12662920 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Accounts of time and place. The royal way of supreme compassion
- A tribal history
- Bön rescues Dharma
- The guide to the Crystal Peak
- Guidebook to Lapchi. 2. Remarkable lives. Atiśa's journey to Tibet
- The journey to the Golden Mountain
- The Yogin Lorepa's retreat at Lake Namtso. 3. Rites and techniques. A rite of empowerment
- The horseback consecration ritual
- An offering of Torma
- An Avalokiteśvara Sādhana
- A fasting ritual
- Food, clothes, dreams, and karmic propensities
- The regulations of a monastery. 4. Prayers and sermons. The sermon of an itinerant saint
- From the autobiography of a visionary
- A prayer to the Lama
- A prayer to the God of the Plain
- Invocations to two Bön deities
- A smoke purification song. 5. Dealing with death and other demons. Mindfulness of death
- Dying, death, and other opportunities
- Cards for the dead
- Returning from hell
- Turning back gossip
- Hail protection
- A prayer flag for Tārā.
