Tibetan Buddhism

Author: Zhang Xiaoming
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7800248216
Published on: 1999-01
Hardcover

Tibetan Buddhism has been prospering on the Snow Plateau for over 1.300 years. The integration of Buddhism with Tibetan religious tradition and its natural geography that has resulted in the unique Tibetan Buddhism with different schools and sects is also a matter of over 1,000 years.

Foreword
The Origin and Development of Tibetan Buddhism
The Formation and Evolution of the Five Major Sects
The Reincarnation System of Living Buddha
The Monks Organization and Buddhist Education
The Status Quo and Development of Tibetan Buddhism
Postscript and acknowledgement