The Taming of the Demons : Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism

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Author: Jacob P. Dalton
Date: 28 Jun 2011
Publisher: Yale University Press
Original Languages: English
Format: Hardback::336 pages
ISBN10: 0300153929
ISBN13: 9780300153927
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