Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism

Abstract

This book is intended for an audience of undergraduates, Buddhist practitioners looking for an overview of the tradition, and readers with a general interest in the subject. It attempts to provide information regarding the history and practices of Tibetan Buddhism in a clear manner, without presuming previous knowledge of the subject, and also without assuming the supremacy (or inferiority) of any school or lineage. Its outline is not derived from any traditional organizing structure, and grows I out of my own study of this tradition and my attempts to place its components in context and to make sense ofthe often conflicting claims and counterclaims of its exponents the often conflicting claims and counterclaims of its exponents.