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Contents: Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
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Preface |
9 |
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Technical Notes |
11 |
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Introduction |
13 |
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PART ONE: The Indian Background |
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Buddhism in India |
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The Buddha |
23 |
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The Buddha's Life and Lives |
26 |
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Epilogue |
47 |
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Some Important Buddhist Doctrines |
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Cyclic Existence |
54 |
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Appearance and Reality |
61 |
| 3. |
Meditation |
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The Role of Meditation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism |
70 |
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Stabilizing and Analytical Meditation |
74 |
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The Five Buddhist Paths |
80 |
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Mahayana |
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Origins |
86 |
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Mahayana Doctrines |
90 |
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The Bodhisattva Path |
97 |
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PART TWO: Tibetan History and Culture |
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Tibetan Religious History |
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Tibet: Geography and Environment |
119 |
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The Early History of Tibetonment |
121 |
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The Period of the Religious Kings |
126 |
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The Second Dissemination of Buddhismn |
136 |
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Mongol Influence and Sakya Supremacy |
139 |
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The Gelukpa Ascent to PowerSupremacyn |
142 |
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The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |
148 |
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The Twentieth Centuryi |
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Foreign Conflicts |
158 |
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The Fourteenth Dalai Lama |
161 |
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The Interregnum Period |
169 |
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The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Assumes Power |
171 |
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The Chinese Occupation of Tibet |
179 |
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Festivals and Holy Days |
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Monlam |
190 |
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The Butter-Sculpture Festival of Kumbum |
193 |
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Sacred Dance |
197 |
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Other Religious Festivalsival |
199 |
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Common Elements in Tibetan Religious Ceremonies |
200 |
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Geography and Architecture |
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The Religious Environment |
203 |
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Construction of Religious Structures |
206 |
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Stupas |
211 |
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PART THREE: Tibetan Buddhist Doctrines and Practices |
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Tantra |
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The Place of the Tantras in Buddhist Literature |
219 |
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Tantra as a Branch of Mahayana |
221 |
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Tantric Symbols |
227 |
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Entering Tantric Practice |
232 |
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The Four Classes of Tantra |
242 |
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The Preliminary Practices |
256 |
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The Fourteen Root Downfalls |
275 |
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Death and Dying in Tibetan Buddhisms |
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Introduction |
283 |
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Death Meditation: Exoteric and Esoteric Traditions |
287 |
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The Bardo Process |
299 |
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Tibetan Rituals of Death and Dying |
305 |
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PART FOUR: The Schools of Tibetan Buddhism |
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The Four Schools |
313 |
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Nyingma |
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History and Doctrines |
319 |
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The Nine Vehicles |
327 |
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Terma: Hidden Treasures |
330 |
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Distinctive Practices: Dzogchen |
334 |
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Kagyu |
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History and Doctrines |
346 |
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Meditation Practices |
352 |
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Sakya |
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Origins of the Sakya Tradition |
377 |
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The Development and Dissemination of Sakya Doctrines and Practices |
382 |
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Sakya Becomes a Political Force |
386 |
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The Sakya Monastic Order |
389 |
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Distinctive Practices: "Path and Fruit" |
391 |
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Geluk |
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History of the Lineage |
402 |
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The Gelukpa Monastic System |
412 |
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Distinctive Practices: The Stages of the Path |
416 |
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Bon: A Heterodox System |
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Introduction |
431 |
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Bon Teachings and Practices |
435 |
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Lexicon of Buddhist Terms |
449 |
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English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Glossary |
455 |
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Bibliography |
475 |
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Indexes |
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Technical Terms |
487 |
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Personal Namesse |
493 |
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Locations |
498 |
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Titles Mention |
500 |
