Ebook: Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies
Author: Geoffrey Samuel
- Series: Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry
- Year: 1993
- Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
- Language: English
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This book, the first full account of Tibetan Buddhism in two decades, ranges as no other study has over several disciplines and languages, incorporating historical and anthropological discussion. Viewing Tibetan Buddhism as one of the great spiritual and psychological achievements of humanity, Samuel analyzes a complex society that combines the literacy and rationality associated with centralized states with the shamanic processes more familiar among tribal peoples.
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