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Hardback. New. The Gathering of Intentions reads a single Tibetan Buddhist ritual system through the movements of Tibetan history, revealing the social and material dimensions of an ostensibly timeless tradition. By subjecting tantric practice to historical analysis, the book offers new insight into the origins of Tibetan Buddhism, the formation of its canons, the emergence of new lineages and ceremonies, and modern efforts to revitalize the religion by returning to its mythic origins. The ritual system explored in this volume is based on the Gathering of Intentions Sutra, the fundamental "root tantra" of the Anuyoga class of teachings belonging to the Nyingma ("Ancient") school of Tibetan Buddhism. Proceeding chronologically from the ninth century to the present, each chapter features a Tibetan author negotiating a perceived gap between the original root text-the Gathering of Intentions-and the lived religious or political concerns of his day. These ongoing…
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- Title The Gathering of Intentions: A History of a Tibetan Tantra
- Author Jacob P. Dalton
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press
- Date 2016-03-29
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index
- ISBN 9780231176002 / 0231176007
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
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- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Library of Congress subjects Ranicn-ma-pa (Sect) - Rituals, Spiritual life - Ranicn-ma-pa (Sect)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015018086
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.343
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