Reginald A. Ray is Professor of Buddhist Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and a member of the graduate faculty of the Religious Studies Department at the University of Colorado. An acharya (senior teacher) in the lineage of Ch�gyam Trungpa, he is also Teacher in Residence at Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado. He has written extensively on the history, philosophy, and practice of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.
Table of Contents: Indestructible Truth
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Tibet: People and Place 7
PART ONE: The Sacred Environment 15
1. The Cosmos and Its Inhabitants 17
2. Living in the Sacred Cosmos 47
PART TWO: Tibet's Story 65
3. The Indian Wellspring 67
4. Foundations: The Early Spreading 89
5. Nyingma: The Ancient School 103
6. The Later Spreading: Kadam and Sakya 130
7. The Later Spreading: Kagyu 152
8. Modern Traditions: Geluk 189
9. Modern Traditions: The Ri-me (Nonsectarian) Movement 207
PART THREE: Core Teachings 227
10. Hinayana: The View 241
11. Hinayana: The Practice and Result 280
12. Mahayana: The View 311
13. Mahayana: The Practice and Result 331
PART FOUR: Buddhist Philosophy: The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma 361
14. The First Turning: Abhidharma 367
15. The Second Turning: Madhyamaka 392
16. The Third Turning: Buddha-Nature 419
Conclusion 449
Chronology of Tibetan Buddhist History 455
Notes 461
Bibliography 471
Credits 477
Index 479