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Stairway to Nirvāna: A Study of the Twenty Saṃghas Based on the Works of Tsong Kha Pa

Contributor(s): Apple, James B (Author)

ISBN: 9780791473757

Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Pub Date: March 13, 2008

Dewey: 294.342042

LCCN: 2007016961

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.92" H x 9.02" L x 6.25" W ( 1.14 lbs) 287 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | Buddhism | Tibetan | Philosophy | Asian

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Discusses an essential Tibetan Buddhist work that shows how Noble Beings progress toward enlightenment.

Brief description: James B. Apple is University Lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Religious Studies Program at the University of Alberta.

Review Quotes:

"Dealing with an interesting and understudied topic, Apple displays a thorough mastery of the Saṃgha in the Abhisamayālamkāra and its surrounding literature." -- Roger R. Jackson, translator of Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India

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