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Title: Tibetan Civilization by Rolf Alfred Stein ISBN: 0-8047-0806-1 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 1972 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $47.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: ... But not for the faint-hearted.
Comment: I echo the previous reviewer's statements, except I would point out that though Tibetan Civilization/Civilisation tibetaine might be a good read for a graduate seminar in Tibetan Studies, I find it to be rather confusing for undergraduates, and therefore I do not recommend the book for amateurs. If you have read three or more introductory books on Tibetan religion, history, or civilization, than Stein will be a breath of erudite, concise, non-political fresh air, but don't make this your first introduction to Tibet. His route through the potential material can be frustratingly circuitous, as well as heavy with sundry details such as agricultural practices on the plateau, linguistic analysis of particular textual genres, and a rather long treatment of Tibetan epic for such a short book.
Tibetan Civlization/Civilisation tibetaine is really a summary of Stein's entire oevre, and for that reason it is a tremendous resource for the budding or amateur Tibetologist, but not appropriate for the true beginner.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tops in Tibetology
Comment: Stein never visited Tibet but he studied the historical records assiduously. As a result this scholarly work is humble but very comprehensive. I was assigned "Tibetan Civilization" for a graduate course, and expected it to be dry, full of weighty philosophical terms, and too distant from real Tibet. I was enormously pleased and surprised to discover its readable treatment of some very abstruse topics such as lama lineages and magical rituals, as well as the authors obvious love and respect for Tibetan traditions. I recommend "Tibetan Civilization" to all my friends who wish to be educated in the subleties of Vajrayana theology and theocracy without any political arguments. Tashi delek!
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Title: Religions of Tibet in Practice by Donald S. Lopez Jr. ISBN: 0691011834 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 03 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: A Cultural History of Tibet by David L. Snellgrove, Hugh E. Richardson ISBN: 9745240419 Publisher: Orchid Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity by Melvyn C. Goldstein, Matthew Kapstein ISBN: 0520211316 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Life of Milarepa by Gtsan-Smyon He-Ru-Ka, Lobsang P. Lhalungpa, Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalungpa ISBN: 0140193502 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by John Powers ISBN: 1559390263 Publisher: Snow Lion Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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