The Taming of the demons : violence and liberation in Tibetan Buddhism / / Jacob P. Dalton.

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:x, 311 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Evil and ignorance in Tantric Buddhism
  • Demons in the dark
  • A Buddhist manual for human sacrifice?
  • Sacrifice and the law
  • Foundational violence
  • Buddhist warfare
  • Conclusions : violence in the mirror
  • Appendix A. The subjugation of Rudra
  • Appendix B. Dunhuang Liberation Rite (Transcription of PT42/ITJ419)
  • Appendix C. Dunhuang Liberation Rite II (Translation and Transliteration of PT840/1).