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Preface | |
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Technical Note | |
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Introduction | |
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The Indian Background | |
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Buddhism in India | |
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The Buddha | |
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The Buddha's Life and Lives | |
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Epilogue | |
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Some Important Buddhist Doctrines | |
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Cyclic Existence | |
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Appearance and Reality | |
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Meditation | |
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The Role of Meditation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism | |
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Stabilizing and Analytical Meditation | |
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The Five Buddhist Paths | |
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Mahayana | |
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Origins | |
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Mahayana Doctrines | |
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The Bodhisattva Path | |
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Tibetan History and Culture | |
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Tibetan Religious History | |
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Tibet: Geography and Environment | |
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The Early History of Tibet | |
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The Period of the Religious Kings | |
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The Second Dissemination of Buddhism | |
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Mongol Influence and Sakya Supremacy | |
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The Gelukpa Ascent to Power | |
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The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries | |
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The Twentieth Century | |
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Foreign Conflicts | |
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The Fourteenth Dalai Lama | |
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The Interregnum Period | |
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The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Assumes Power | |
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The Chinese Occupation of Tibet | |
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Religious Festivals and Holy Days | |
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Monlam | |
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The Butter-Sculpture Festival of Kumbum | |
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Sacred Dance | |
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Other Religious Festivals | |
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Common Elements in Tibetan Religious Ceremonies | |
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Geography and Architecture | |
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The Religious Environment | |
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Construction of Religious Structures | |
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Stupas | |
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Tibetan Buddhist Doctrines and Practices | |
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Tantra | |
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The Place of the Tantras in Buddhist Literature | |
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Tantra as a Branch of Mahayana | |
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Tantric Symbols | |
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Entering Tantric Practice | |
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The Four Classes of Tantra | |
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The Preliminary Practices | |
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The Fourteen Root Downfalls | |
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Death and Dying in Tibetan Buddhism | |
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Introduction | |
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Death Meditation: Exoteric and Esoteric Traditions | |
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The Bardo Process | |
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Tibetan Rituals of Death and Dying | |
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The Orders of Tibetan Buddhism | |
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The Four Orders | |
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The Nonsectarian Movement | |
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Nyingma | |
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History and Doctrines | |
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The Nine Vehicles | |
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Terma: Hidden Treasures | |
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Distinctive Practices: Dzogchen | |
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Kagyu | |
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History and Doctrines | |
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Meditation Practices | |
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Sakya | |
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Origins of the Sakya Tradition | |
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The Development and Dissemination of Sakya Doctrines and Practices | |
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Sakya Becomes a Political Force | |
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The Sakya Monastic Order | |
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Distinctive Practices: "Path and Result" | |
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Geluk | |
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History of the Lineage | |
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The Gelukpa Monastic System | |
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Distinctive Practices: The Stages of the Path | |
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Bon: A Heterodox System | |
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Introduction | |
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Bon Teachings and Practices | |
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Chronology of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism | |
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Lexicon of Buddhist Terms | |
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English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Glossary | |
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Select Bibliography | |
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Indexes | |
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Technical Terms | |
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Proper Names | |
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Titles of Works Mentioned | |
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Locations | |