Indo-Tibetan Buddhism

This is a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet, where it was transmitted more or less complete from the 7th century. It is revealing on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice from the 8th to 13th centuries (Chapter III), but also deals at leng [...]
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This is a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet, where it was transmitted more or less complete from the 7th century. It is revealing on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice from the 8th to 13th centuries (Chapter III), but also deals at length in Chapter I and II with the earlier establishment of the essential Buddhist doctrines of the early schools and the later development of the mahayana over the next several centuries. In Chapter IV and V the author deals mainly with Tibet, noting the importance of the kingdoms of Central Asia in the process of dissemination. Professor Snellgrove draws upon contemporary documents to illustrate the cultural changes that came over Tibet as a result of its rule from the 7th to 9th centuries of an extensive central Asian Empire, when they embarked upon the wholesale absorption of Buddhism from its Indian source and began to develop their unique theocracy.