num_pages: 336
description: This book explores the Buddhist role in the formation of Tibetan religious thought and identity. In three major sections, the author examines Tibet's eighth-century conversion, sources of dispute within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and the continuing revelation of the teaching in both doctrine and myth.
language: English
title: The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory
titlecomplete: The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory
genres: Buddhism, History
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Oxford University Press