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- catalog abstract ""In this work - a companion to the highly popular Tibetan Book of the Dead - Evans-Wentz presents seven authentic Tibetan yoga texts that first appeared in English in 1935." "Amid photographs and reproductions of yoga paintings and manuscripts, readers will encounter some of the principal meditations used by Hindu and Tibetan gurus and philosophers throughout the ages in the attainment of Right Knowledge and Enlightenment. Special commentaries precede each translated text, and a comprehensive introduction contrasts the tenets of Buddhism with European notions of religion, philosophy, and science." "These seven distinct but intimately related texts will grant any reader a full and complete view of the spiritual teachings that still inform the culture of the East."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Seven books of wisdom of the Great Path".
- catalog alternative "Tibetan Yoga and secret doctrines".
- catalog contributor b11990022.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In this work - a companion to the highly popular Tibetan Book of the Dead - Evans-Wentz presents seven authentic Tibetan yoga texts that first appeared in English in 1935." "Amid photographs and reproductions of yoga paintings and manuscripts, readers will encounter some of the principal meditations used by Hindu and Tibetan gurus and philosophers throughout the ages in the attainment of Right Knowledge and Enlightenment. Special commentaries precede each translated text, and a comprehensive introduction contrasts the tenets of Buddhism with European notions of religion, philosophy, and science." "These seven distinct but intimately related texts will grant any reader a full and complete view of the spiritual teachings that still inform the culture of the East."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "General introduction -- The supreme path of discipleship : the precepts of the gurus -- The nirvānic path : the yoga of the great symbol -- The path of knowledge : the yoga of the six doctrines -- The path of transference : the yoga of consciousness-transference -- The path of the mystic sacrifice : the yoga of subduing the lower self -- The path of the five wisdoms : the yoga of the long hūm -- The path of the transcendental wisdom : the yoga of the voidness.".
- catalog extent "xlii, 389 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195133145".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng tib".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "China Tibet Autonomous Region.".
- catalog subject "294.3/420423 21".
- catalog subject "BQ7805 .T53 2000".
- catalog subject "Buddhism China Tibet Autonomous Region.".
- catalog subject "Spiritual life Buddhism.".
- catalog subject "Yoga Tantric Buddhism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "General introduction -- The supreme path of discipleship : the precepts of the gurus -- The nirvānic path : the yoga of the great symbol -- The path of knowledge : the yoga of the six doctrines -- The path of transference : the yoga of consciousness-transference -- The path of the mystic sacrifice : the yoga of subduing the lower self -- The path of the five wisdoms : the yoga of the long hūm -- The path of the transcendental wisdom : the yoga of the voidness.".
- catalog title "Seven books of wisdom of the Great Path".
- catalog title "Tibetan Yoga and secret doctrines".
- catalog title "Tibetan Yoga and secret doctrines, or, Seven books of wisdom of the Great Path, according to the late Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering ; / arranged and edited with introductions and annotations to serve as a commentary by W.Y. Evans-Wentz ; with foreword by R. R. Marett and yogic commentary by translator-professor Chen-Chi Chang; with a new foreword by Donald S. Lopez, jr.".
- catalog type "text".