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9780300187960

The Taming of the Demons; Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300187960

  • ISBN10:

    0300187963

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2013-01-08
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Author Biography

Jacob P. Dalton is assistant professor of Tibetan Buddhist studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Evil and Ignorance in Tantric Buddhismp. 23
Demons in the Darkp. 44
A Buddhist Manual for Human Sacrifice?p. 77
Sacrifice and the Lawp. 95
Foundational Violencep. 110
Buddhist Warfarep. 126
Conclusions: Violence in the Mirrorp. 144
The Subjugation of Rudrap. 159
Dunhuang Liberation Rite (Transcription of PT42/ITJ419)p. 207
Dunhuang Liberation Rite II (Translation and Transliteration of PT840/1)p. 210
Notesp. 219
Glossary of Tibetan Titles and Termsp. 279
Bibliographyp. 285
Indexp. 305
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