Monk, householder, and Tantric priest : newar Buddhism and its hierarchy of ritual

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Monk, householder, and Tantric priest : newar Buddhism and its hierarchy of ritual

David N. Gellner

(Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology, 84)

Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Bibliography: p. [381]-398

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Many misconceptions circulate in the West about Tantric religion, whether Buddhist or Hindu, mainly because scholars have relied exclusively on textual sources. Here is an account of how Tantric Buddhism works in practice.

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