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Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

The Buddhist Tantras

Light on Indo-Tibetan Esotericism

by Alex Wayman

A collection of studies on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist tantra by an American Indologist, discussing the classes of tantra, symbolism, initiation and ritual. Wayman draws on Sanskrit and Tibetan sources, especially the Guhyasamaja tradition.

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