The Taming of the Demons
Subtitle: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism
By: Jacob P. Dalton
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780300153927
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Tantric Buddhism; Violence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Evil and Ignorance in Tantric Buddhism; title: Demons in the Dark; title: A Buddhist Manual for Human Sacrifice?; title: Sacrifice and the Law; title: Foundational Violence; title: Buddhist Warfare; title: Conclusions: Violence in the Mirror; title: Appendix A. The Subjugation of Rudra; title: Appendix B. Dunhuang Liberation Rite (Transcription of PT42/ITJ419); title: Appendix C. Dunhuang Liberation Rite II (Translation and Transliteration of PT840/1).