Tibetan Buddhism: With Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology

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Pilgrims Pub., 2004 - Buddhism - 598 pages

Contents

View into S W Tibet from Tangkar La Pass
2
IL
5
Nāgārjuna
11
LamaWorship
17
Tără the White
23
A Bönpa Priest
30
Atisa
36
Some Sikhim Lāmas
45
Head Lama of Pekin
244
Monastery of Chogortan
255
Chorten and Mendon in Ladāk
261
Tomb of Tashi Lāma
271
The GoKupea or KikuTamsa Tower at Tashilhunpo
273
Monastery of UtaiShan
279
A Lamaist Cairn
286
Altar domestic of a Ninma Lāma
295

Tashiding Monastery
53
IV
54
Gelugpa Monk and Attendant
60
The Lord fiend Gur
70
V
76
The Universe of the Lāmas
78
Heavenly Birth
87
Hot Hell No 1
93
Key to the Wheel of Life
102
XII
110
xvii
112
Lāmas sending Paperhorses to Travellers
132
VL
134
The Western Paradise of Amitabha
140
Mystic Attitudes
146
NoviceLama reading Scriptures
155
CMONASTIC
165
A Lamaist Procession
169
THE ORDER OF LAMAS
172
Lämas Hats
196
Pencase Inkbottle and Seal
202
AlarmStaff of a mendicant Monk
211
IX
212
TEMPLES AND CATHEDRALS
215
Prayercylinder for Table
218
Libationjug and Chalicecup
225
Groundplan of Lhasa Cathedral
302
XIII
305
XV
313
PANTHEON AND Images
324
Amitayus
329
Sakya in Meditation
335
Insignia and Weapons of the Gods
341
Tārā the Green
359
The Red Gold of Wealth
370
The Lotusborn Babe
381
XV
387
The Eight Glorious Offerings
393
Diagram showing the Composition of the Mandala
399
Charm against Dogbite
406
War of the Tiger and Dragon
413
XVI
420
A Lama Priest
421
Filing the Five Precious Metals for the Sacrifice
427
XVII
450
XVIII
475
XIX
501
XX
515
HPOPULAR LAMAISM
566
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
575
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