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Helmut Hoffmann
The Religions of Tibet [EPUB ebook]

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This book, first published in 1961, examines the old Tibetan Bon religion, the development of Buddhism in India and Tibet, and covers the religious struggles of the eighth and ninth centuries. It also describes the rise of the Lamaist sects and the priest state of the Dalai Lamas, and taken as a whole is a study of the development of the character of Tibet itself.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 214 ● ISBN 9780429806186 ● Translator Edward Fitzgerald ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6706569 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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