Atisa and Tibet Motilal Banarsidass Consortium Program in History of

Consortium Program in History of Religions

The author of the long-time bestselling The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga and Meditation and Mantras

The purpose of the practice of Yoga is to give your life a boost and to put your spiritual progress in first gear

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There is also no inconsistency in holding that although the self is a spiritual substance

Atisa and Tibet Motilal Banarsidass Consortium Program in History ofThe book opens with a full account of the baffling personality of the great Bengali Pandit Atisa or Dipamkara Srijnana, the greatest of the teacher reformers of Tibetan Buddhism. The author proceeds to portray the Tibetan background of early Buddhism and gives an account of the early history of Tibet and Indo Tibetan connections, together with a study of Buddhism in Tibet from the seventh century onwards right down to the time of Atisa in the eleventh