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[HOFFMANN, Helmut] The Religions of Tibet (1961)
[HOFFMANN, Helmut] The Religions of Tibet (1961)
Translated by Edward Fitzgerald
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 199pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine titles. With b&w photographs. Some light edge wear. One small notation in faded blue ink to front pastedown. Otherwise a very good or better copy in like dust jacket.
An excellent overview of Tibetan religious prtactices with a strong focus on the old Bon religion. Later chapters discuss the rise of the Lamaist sects and the priest state of the Dalai Lama.
