TIBETAN SACRED ART: THE HERITAGE OF TANTRA by Lauf, Detlef Ingo - 1976

Shambhala, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Shambhala, 1976. First edition, first printing. Close to fine in very good illustrated dust jacket. With beautiful color full illustrations throughout

Shambhala, 1976-10-12. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. > Edition/Printing: First edition / English | Color Illus. Book is in very good condition. Interior is clean. Dust jacket has shelf wear, corner and edge wear. Small tears to corners. Light soiling. Year 1976. 228 pages. Oversize/Overweight, No International shipping, No Expedited shipping. Standard shipping only.

Shambhala, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Shambhala:, 1976. 228 pages, illustrated in b&w and with color tipped in plates. "By providing a concise history of the development of the Buddhists doctrine in Tibet, Dr. Lauf fills in the background against which the teachings and practics related to various deities are presented. Rge significance of mandalas and the use of mantras is also discussed and a chapter is devoted to the major teachers if the Tibetan Buddhist tradition." FINE- HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Shambhala, Berkeley 1976 . 30.0 x 24.0cms, 228pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good hardback with very good- dustwrapper (sunned spine) The chapters are: the nature & origins of Lamaism; form & secret revelation in Tibetan art; the representation of Buddhas & Bodhisattvas; the noble art of writing; mystic experience in Tibetan art; visionary unfolding in the Mandala; the manifestations of the guardian deities; great masters & saints in Tibet; notes on the spellling of technical terms.

Shambhala Publications, 1976-10-12. hardcover. Used: Good.

Berkeley: Shambhala, 1976 Well-known for its sublime and grotesque images, its psycho-sexual symbolism and psycho-cosmic diagrams, Tibetan sacred art is also a most eloquent expression of the Buddhist worldview and a key element in the actual meditative practices of the Tantric Buddhist tradition. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 228 numbered pp; HB w/. DJ Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, frontis; all edges a bit sunned. Cover: rose cloth, gilt titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, glossy black and color photo titles front/spine, red titles front, white titles spine; modest edge/shelfwear, crinkle to front top corner, small closed tear to head, 1 inch tear with crease to back lower corner. Heavy.

Berkeley and London: Shambhala Publications Inc, 1976. Hardcover. VG-/VG-. Shelf wear to dust jacket. Owner's sticker on ffep, otherwise clean and tight contents.. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on spine. 228 pp. Filled with BW illustrations and color plates. "Well-known for its sublime and grotesque images, its psycho-sexual symbolism and psycho-cosmic diagrams, Tibetan sacred art is also a most eloquent expression of the Buddhist world view and a key element in the actual meditative practices of the Tantric Buddhist tradition. Using a marvelous collection of Tibetan art to illustrate his theme, Dr. Detlef Ingo Lauf, renowned German Tibetologist, presents this rich and complex tradition as it was understood by those who perpetuated it, the lamas of Tibet." -- dj flap.

Berkeley, CA: Shambhala. Fine copy in fine dust jacket & slipcase. 1976. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 228 pp. .