The Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism

by Jacob Dalton

Book Overview

The Taming of the Demons examines mythic and ritual themes of violence, demon taming, and blood sacrifice in Tibetan Buddhism. Taking as its starting point Tibet's so-called age of fragmentation (842 to 986 C.E.), the book draws on previously unstudied manuscripts discovered in the "library cave" near Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road. These ancient documents, it argues, demonstrate how this purportedly inactive period in Tibetan history was in fact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300187963
• ISBN13: 9780300187960
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"