A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism

Lucid and economical, this introductory text delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey of Tibetan Buddhism. For many years Powers''s nearly 600-page Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism has served as the field''s most authoritative and comprehensive overview of Tibet''s distinctive Buddhist tradition. A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra and provides a survey of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.