File Format | PDF
File Size | 20.6 MB
Pages | 579
Language | English
Category | Buddhism
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Description: The unique importance of Stephan Beyer`s work is that it presents the vital material ignored or slighted by others: the living ritual of Tibetan Buddhists. The reader is made a witness to cultic proceedings through which the author guides him carefully. He does not force one to accept easy explanations nor does he direct one`s attention only to aspects that can be counted on only to please. He leads one step by step, without omitting anything, through entire rituals, and interprets whenever necessary without being unduly obtrusive. Oftentimes, as in the case of the many hymns to the goddess Tara, the superb translations speak directly to the reader, and it is indeed as if the reader himself were present at the ritual.
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The Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet