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Table of Contents Preface X Technical Note XX Introduction XX PART ONE: THE INDIAN BACKGROUND 1. Buddhism in India The Buddha XX The Buddha's Life and Lives XX Epilogue XX 2. Some Important Buddhist Doctrines Cyclic Existence XX Appearance and Reality XX 3. Meditation The Role of Meditation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism XX Stabilizing and Analytical Meditation XX The Five Buddhist Paths XX 4. Mah>y>na Origins XX Mah>y>na Doctrines XX The Bodhisattva Path XX PART TWO: TIBETAN HISTORY AND CULTURE 5. Tibetan Religious History Tibet: Geography and Environment XXX The Early History of Tibet XXX The Period of the Religious Kings XXX The Second Dissemination of Buddhism XXX Mongol Influence and Sakya Supremacy XXX The Gelukpa Ascent to Power XXX The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries XXX 6. The Twentieth Century Foreign Conflicts XXX The Fourteenth Dalai Lama XXX The Interregnum Period XXX The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Assumes Power XXX The Chinese Occupation of Tibet XXX 7. Festivals and Holy Days Monlam XXX The Butter-Sculpture Festival of Kumbum XXX Sacred Dance XXX Other Religious Festivals XXX Common Elements in Tibetan Religious Ceremonies XXX 8. Geography and Architecture The Religious Environment XXX Construction of Religious Structures XXX StOpas XXX PART THREE: TIBETAN BUDDHIST DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES 9. Tantra The Place of the Tantras in Buddhist Literature XXX Tantra as a Branch of Mah>y>na XXX Tantric Symbols XXX Entering Tantric Practice XXX The Four Classes of Tantra XXX The Preliminary Practices XXX The Fourteen Root Downfalls XXX 10. Death and Dying in Tibetan Buddhism Introduction XXX Death Meditation: Exoteric and Esoteric Traditions XXX The Bardo Process XXX Tibetan Rituals of Death and Dying XXX PART FOUR: THE SCHOOLS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM 11. The Four Schools XXX 12. Nyingma History and Doctrines XXX The Nine Vehicles XXX Terma: Hidden Treasures XXX Distinctive Practices: Dzogchen XXX 13. Kagyu History and Doctrines XXX Meditation Practices XXX 14. Sakya Origins of the Sakya Tradition XXX The Development and Dissemination of Sakya Doctrines and Practices XXX Sakya Becomes a Political Force XXX The Sakya Monastic Order XXX Distinctive Practices: "Path and Fruit" XXX 15. Geluk History of the Lineage XXX The Gelukpa Monastic System XXX Distinctive Practices: The Stages of the Path XXX 16. Bon: A Heterodox System Introduction XXX Bon Teachings and Practices XXX Lexicon of Buddhist Terms XXX English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Glossary XXX Bibliography XXX Indexes Technical Terms XXX Personal Names XXX Locations XXX Titles Mentioned XXX
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Buddhism -- China -- Tibet.
Tibet (China) -- Religion.