title: Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism
author:  Reginald A. Ray 
description: Studying Tibetan Buddhism can be like entering a maelstrom of deities, rituals, and scriptures. In a new introduction to the history, the religion, and the philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism, Reginald Ray calms the storm and provides a compass for exploration. A professor and seasoned practitioner, Ray walks the line between objective historian and caring adviser. With spare precision and rich detail, he tells the story of Buddhism in Tibet, from its great progenitors in India to the larger than life transmitters to the series of schools that developed over the centuries. Ray makes no pretense at secularizing Tibetan Buddhism or diminishing its magical elements. He begins with the multifarious Tibetan cosmos but also covers the major tenets of Buddhism, emphasizing the living practices and their results. Capping the book, Ray devotes a section to the development of Buddhist philosophy, again displaying a knack for putting complex issues debated over centuries into just a few easy-to-understand paragraphs. It would be no exaggeration to say that indestructible truth is the best all-around introduction to Tibetan Buddhism you're likely to find. <I>--Brian Bruya</I>
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  OR,
  TIBETAN “BUDDHISTS”
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  THE BUDDHISTS OF TIBET.
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  A R T H U R  
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  (Member of the Royal Asiatic Society).
  LONDON:
  THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PEESS ASSOCIATION
  AND
  E. W . ALLEN, 4, AYE MARIA LANE, E.C.
  
  KOOT HOOMI UNVEILED.
  Since the publication of the work “ Esoteric Buddhism" a 
  number of criticisms have appeared, some assailing, some 
  defending that work. 
  But in almost every one of them it has 
  been taken for granted that the Tibetan Buddhists, who are 
  said to have inspired that work, are actually in existence.
  I propose to consider this preliminary question. 
  Tire great 
  difficulty that suggests itself to me is that the Buddhism of 
  “ Esoteric Buddhism ” is not the Buddhism of Tibet at all. 
  I t is 
  the Buddhism of the South altered, and, indeed, stultified to fit 
  in with the teachings of a French book of magic written by a 
  gentleman under the pseudonym of Eliphas Ldvi. 
  And all the 
  statements about the Buddhism of Tibet are absolutely errone