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TheRealmofTibetanBuddhismEsotericBuddhism,whichoriginatedinancientIndia,wasintroducedintoTibetintheseventhcen-tury.Sincethen,ithasevolvedinadifferentsocialandhistoricalenvironmentinto.auniquesectknownasTibetanEsotericBuddhism.RegardedbytheTi-betanBuddhistsas"theessenceofthesacredreli-gion",ithasalongtraditioninTibetanditsinfluenceontheculture,historyandthelifeoftheTibetanpeoplehasbeenverystrong.Togainatrueunder-standingofTibetanEsotericBuddhism,onehastostudynotonlyitscanonicaltexts,butitsworksofartrelatedtothereligiousbeliefs.Theseworks,inthevariousformsandexpressions,willbringoneintovisualcontactwiththereligiousorder.TheRealmofTlbetanBuddhlsmoutlinestheorigin,development,canonicaltexts,meditativepracticesand,inparticular,theworksofartrelatedtoTibetanEsotericBuddhism.Theseworksofartaredividedintoeightcategories:bronzes,clothpainting,frescoes,claymoulding,woodcarving.woodtabletpainting,stonecarvingandritualobjects.The159picturescontainedinthisbookwhichamplyshowtheworksofartintheirtraditionalstyle,aretakendirectlyfromvarioussitesinTibetduringaperiodoffiveyears.ManyoftheobjcctsshowninthepicturesarevaluableculturalrelicsandarcrareitemsofartinTibet.TheRealmofTibetanBuddhism,withitsscholarlyintroductionandpreciouspictures,willbeofenormousvaluetoartists,studentsandscholarsofBuddhismingeneralandofTibetanBuddhisminparticular.