A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
Lucid and economical, this introductory text delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey of Tibetan Buddhism. For many years Powers's nearly 600-page <i>Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism</i> has served as the field's most authoritative and comprehensive overview of Tibet's distinctive Buddhist tradition. <i>A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism </i>explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra and provides a survey of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.