When Tibetan Meditation Goes Global: A Study of the Adaptation of Bon Religious Practices in the West 9783110758870, 9783110758221

When Tibetan Meditation Goes Global: A Study of the Adaptation of Bon Religious Practices in the West 9783110758870, 9783110758221

Open Access This book provides an in-depth examination of the Yungdrung Bon religion in light of globalization. In it

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The Philosophical View of the Great Perfection in the Tibetan Bon Religion 9781559391290, 9781559399852

Dzogchen, or the Great Perfection, is considered by both the Bonpos and the followers of the Nyigma school in Tibet to b

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Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West 9780226485515

To the Western imagination, Tibet evokes exoticism, mysticism, and wonder: a fabled land removed from the grinding onsla

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A study of the Irish adaptation of Marco Polo's Travels from the Book of Lismore

The Irish Marco Polo (IMP) is an Early Modern Irish translation and adaptaion of Francesco Pipino’s Latin translation of

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Building a Religious Empire: Tibetan Buddhism, Bureaucracy, and the Rise of the Gelukpa 9780812297676

Building a Religious Empire presents an account of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism during its expansion and consoli

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Anthropos and Son of Man: A Study in the Religious Syncretism of the Hellenistic Orient 9780231878364

An examination of the ancient figure known as the Anthropos through a survey of Hellenistic, Gnostic, Manichean, Mandean

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Anthropos and Son of Man: A Study in the Religious Syncretism of the Hellenistic Orient 9781463212964

Kraeling’s treatment of the ancient figure known as the "Anthropos” remains a challenging read even after several d

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Tibetan Religious Dances: Tibetan text and annotated translation of the 'chams yig 902797621X

This unique work provides invaluable material related to the Tibetan Sacred Dances, which have met their doom with the d

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Johnny Goes West

A BLOATED CORPSE WITH NO FACE AT ALL . . .recognized only by his cheap white suit, chalked up as suicide. In that steami

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East Goes West

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