The Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 12, 1978
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780520036352
Subjects: Non-Christian religions; Religious rites & ceremonies; History; Religion - World Religions; History: World; Tibet; Buddhism - General; History / Asia; Asia - General
First sentence: THE WORSHIP of the goddess Tara is one of the most widespread of Tibetan cults, undifferentiated by sect, education, class, or position; from the highest to the lowest, the Tibetans find with this goddess a personal and enduring relationship unmatched by any other single deity, even among those of their gods more potent in appearance or more profound in symbolic association.