Dagger blessing: The Tibetan Phurpa cult : reflections and materials Tapa dura - 1986 - 1987th Edición

Distributed by D.K. Publishers' Distributors, January 1987. Hardcover. USED Good. Dust jacket has multipe small tears and is missing about a centimeter at top of spine.

1987. Delhi, Pradeep Mittal for B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1987. 29 cm x 22 cm. 107 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes the following essays: Dogmatics: Questions and Answers / Thomas Marcotty - On the Phurpa Cult / Tibetan Texts: Layout of the Dagger Doctrine, The Destructive Ritual, The Most Secret Peerless Quintessence, The Root Tantra / Acknowledgements / Notes / Sources. This Book is first in several respects: for the first time it describes the cult of the ritual dagger Phurpa. This is a secret Tantric doctrine still alive where Mahayana Buddhists live today. For the first time some original Phurpa texts attributed to the great Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava (8th century A.D.) have been translated into a Western language and, again for the first time, the dagger ritual has also been photographed. Therefore, this book sheds some… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Distributed by D.K. Publishers' Distributors. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!