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CONTENTS: A Timely Message from the Cave
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List of Figures
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iv
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Acknowledgements
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v
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Technical Note
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vii
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Introduction
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1
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Part I: Analysis
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23
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Chapter 1
Buddhism and Politics: Bhutan and Beyond
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25
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1.1
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Introduction: The 'Brug-pa bKa'-brgyud Schools
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25
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1.2
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The 'Brug-pa bKa'-brgyud Schools in Bhutan
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28
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1.3
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The Office of the Chief Abbot of Bhutan
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38
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1.4
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Genesis of rJe Shakya-rin-chen's
Grub pa'i mdung rnon and Its Eighteenth-Century Commentaries
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41
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Chapter 2
rJe dGe-'dun-rin-chen's Life
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51
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2.1
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Sources: Introduction
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52
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2.2
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Reflection
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56
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2.3
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rDo-rje-slob-dpon Kun-legs'
Dwangs shel me long
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60
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2.3.1
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Genre, Structure, Style
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60
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2.3.2
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Scope of Analysis
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65
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2.3.3
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Chronological Overview
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67
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2.3.3.1
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Education and Travel to Tibet (1932-1956)
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67
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2.3.3.2
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Return to Bhutan: Meditation and Enhanced Reputation (1956-1970)
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72
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2.3.3.3
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Scholar, Author, Teacher, and Practitioner (1970-1990)
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76
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2.3.3.4
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Chief Abbot of Bhutan (1990-1996)
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81
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2.3.3.5
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Final Year and Beyond (1996-1999)
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82
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Chapter 3
rJe dGe-'dun-rin-chen's Mahamudra Doctrine and Intellectual Agenda
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87
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3.1
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The Seven Essential Topics
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88
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3.2
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Analysis
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93
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3.2.1
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Introductory Remarks
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93
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3.2.2
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Authenticity of Scriptural Sources and Transmission
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96
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3.2.3
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The Triad of the Mahamudra Path
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103
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3.2.3.1
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Mahamudra View
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103
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3.2.3.2
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Mahamudra Meditation
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109
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3.2.3.3
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Mahamudra Conduct
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116
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3.2.4
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The Mahamudra Result
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119
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3.2.5
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Soteriology of Devotion: The Principal Guru
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123
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3.3
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Overview
bKa' 'bum
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127
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3.4
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Intellectual Agenda and Heritage
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135
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Part II: Annotated Translation and Critical Edition of rJe dGe-'dun-rin-chen's Dus kyi pho nya
Comprising rJe Shakya-rin-chen's grub pa'i mdung rnon
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141
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Chapter 4
Introduction to the Annotated Translation and Critical Edition
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143
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4.1
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Sources
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143
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4.2
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Caption of Text Versions
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144
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4.3
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Sketch of the Text Versions
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145
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4.3.1
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Root Verses (B)
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145
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4.3.2
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Group of Commentaries (C), Eighteenth Century
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148
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4.3.3
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Commentary (C), Twentieth Century
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151
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4.4
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Conclusion
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152
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4.5
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Technical Annotations
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153
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4.6
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Abbreviations in the Critical Apparatus
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154
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4.7
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Genre and Titles
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154
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Chapter 5
Annotated Translation
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159
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5.1
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First Chapter: A Response to Questions about the Authoritative Sources of Mahamudra
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161
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5.2
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Second Chapter: A Response to Questions about the Quintessential Instructions of Mahamudra
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175
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5.3
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Third Chapter: A Response to Questions about the Mahamudra View
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199
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5.4
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Fourth Chapter: A Response to Questions about the Mahamudra Meditation
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223
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5.5
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Fifth Chapter: A Response to Questions about the Mahamudra Cionduct
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244
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5.6
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Sixth Chapter: A Response to Questions about the Result of Mahamudra
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254
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5.7
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Seventh Chapter: A Response to Questions about Devotion to the Guru in the Mahamudra Tradition
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262
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Chapter 6
Critical Edition
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275
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6.1
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Khungs la dris pa'i lan zhus pa'i skabs
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275
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6.2
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Man ngag gi gzhung la dris pa'i lan zhus pa'i skabs
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282
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6.3
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lTa ba la dris pa'i lan zhus pa'i skabs
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291
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6.4
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sGom pa la dris pa'i lan zhus pa'i skabs
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300
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6.5
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sPyod pa la dris pa'i lan zhus pa'i skabs
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309
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6.6
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'Bras bu la dris pa'i lan zhus pa'i skabs
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313
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6.7
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Bla ma'i mos gus la dris pa'i lan zhus pa'i skabs
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316
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Part III: Appendices
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323
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Appendix A: Facsimile Editions of the Grub pa'i mdung rnon (Ba & Bb)
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325
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Appendix B: Works in rJe dGe-'dun-rin-chen's bKa' 'bum
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353
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Abbreviations and Bibliography
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361
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Index
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