Book Jacket
- covers key people, places, rituals, texts and art
- extends from the origins of the faith to the present day
- features extensive cross-referencing, a chronology and a thematic bibliography and index
- fully illustrated with maps and photographs
- over 900 entries supply information on key doctrines, practices and figures
John Powers is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Asian Studies at the Australian National University. He is the acclaimed author of nine books and over 50 articles, including Wisdom of Buddha. An expert in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, he has lived and studied extensively in South Asia with Tibetan Buddhist teachers.
About the author
John Powers is Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Asian Studies at the Australian National University. He is the acclaimed author of nine books and over fifty articles, including Wisdom of Buddha ( Dharma Publishing). An expert in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, he has lived and studied extensively in South Asia with Tibetan Buddhist teachers.
