Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction Kapstein Matthew T. Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity SchoolPaperback
Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction Kapstein Matthew T. Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity SchoolPaperback The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has…
Specifikacia Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction Kapstein Matthew T. Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity SchoolPaperback
Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction Kapstein Matthew T. Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity SchoolPaperback
The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over thirteen centuries of continuous development. At its height is has been practiced in regions as far west as the Volga river and to the east in Beijing. During that time, it has spread among the neighboring peoples - the Mongol, Himalayan, and Siberian peoples, Manchus and Chinese.
At the same time, it is at the center of political contestation in ethnically Tibetan regions of China, while its best known exponent, the Dalai Lama, has become one of the most admired religious leaders in the world today. Its capacity for creative adaptation is demonstrated by its recent growth in Europe and America. But what does this religion teach?
Just what is the position of the Dalai Lama, and how will his succession be assured? Is it true that Tibetan Buddhism in entirely suppressed in China? Scholar Matthew Kapstein offers a brief account responding to