Dalton, Jacob Paul.

The Taming of the demons violence and liberation in Tibetan Buddhism / [electronic resource] : Jacob P. Dalton. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011. - x, 311 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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).


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Tantric Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Violence--Religious aspects--Tantric Buddhism.


Electronic books.

BQ8915.8 / .D35 2011eb

294.3/4342