The Buddhism of Tibet; or, Lamaism - Hardcover

Waddell, L. A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0852700628 ISBN 13: 9780852700624

Publisher: W. Heffer, 1971

Synopsis

This book provides a broad survey of Tibetan Buddhist history, doctrine and practice. The work represents many years of erudition and experience on the part of the author, who was subsequently principal medical officer of the Younghusband military expedition and official collector of Buddhist books and curios for British and Indian museums.

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From the Back Cover

In this volume, originally published in 1894, Waddell introduces to his readers the peculiar religion of Tibetan Buddhism, which he finds so unlike other schools of Buddhism that he gives it its own name: Lamaism. Waddell, to the best of his ability, observes and records Tibetan Buddhist practices, comparing them to what the Western world considered "true" Buddhism.

Written during a time when Christian theologians were studying other religions for the sake of discounting them as sorcery, The Buddhism of Tibet is predictably full of inaccuracies that modern scholars would quickly identify. For this reason alone, Waddell's book will interest students of religion and history--for its embodiment of a historical attitude that was widely accepted by the reading public.

Despite these inaccuracies and misinterpretations, Waddell introduces his readers to a world that is wholly unfamiliar, having developed in the near isolation of the mountains of Tibet.

About the Author

British archaeologist and Orientalist LAURENCE AUSTINE WADDELL (1854-1938) also wrote Among the Himalayas (1899) and Lhasa and Its Mysteries (1905).

Edition details

• Publisher: W. Heffer
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852700628
• ISBN 13: 9780852700624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 598