Title The Taming of the demons : violence and liberation in Tibetan Buddhism / Jacob P. Dalton.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 311 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Evil and ignorance in Tantric Buddhism -- Demons in the dark -- A Buddhist manual for human sacrifice? -- Sacrifice and the law -- Foundational violence -- Buddhist warfare -- Conclusions : violence in the mirror -- Appendix A. The subjugation of Rudra -- Appendix B. Dunhuang Liberation Rite (Transcription of PT42/ITJ419) -- Appendix C. Dunhuang Liberation Rite II (Translation and Transliteration of PT840/1).
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Subject	Tantric Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
	Tantric Buddhism.
	China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
	Violence -- Religious aspects -- Tantric Buddhism.
	Violence -- Religious aspects.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Dalton, Jacob Paul. Taming of the demons. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011 (DLC) 2010042341
ISBN	9780300153958 (electronic book)
	0300153953 (electronic book)
	1283150565
	9781283150569
	0300153929 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
	9780300153927