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The Cult of TaraStephan Beyer

Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

The Cult of Tara

Magic and Ritual in Tibet

by Stephan Beyer

A classic study of Tibetan ritual built around the practices devoted to the goddess Tara, based on fieldwork with Tibetan monks and on ritual texts. It describes visualisation, offering, initiation and the magical activities of tantric ritual in detail.

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