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 Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang: Rites and Teachings for This Life and Beyond

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xxvi)   (848K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Illustrations
    • Preface
    • Abbreviations And Selected Bibliography
    • Contributors
  • A Dunhuang Phurpa Consecration Rite: IOL Tib J 331.III's Consecrations Section (1-60) by Cathy Cantwell and Robert Mayer   (1M)
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    • Introduction
    • The Structure And Content Of The Text
    • The Section On The Perfection Of Consecrations
    • Concluding Reflections
    • Appendix: Parallel Texts
    • Bibliography
  • The Limits of Transgression: The Samaya vows of Mahāyoga (61-84) by Sam van Schaik   (487K)
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    • The Samaya Vows
    • Vows In Mahāyoga
    • The Samaya Vows In The Dunhuang Manuscripts
    • Standardization Of The Samaya Vows
    • Appendix 1 Mahāyoga Samaya Vows In The Dunhuang Manuscripts
    • Appendix 2 A Treatise On The Three Root Samaya Vows (IOL Tib J 718/1)
    • Bibliography
  • Ritual And Philosophical Speculation In The Rdo Rje Sems Dpa'I Zhus Lan (85-142) by Kammie Morrison Takahashi   (964K)
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    • The Zhus Lan’s Tantric Ideological Foundation
    • The Questions: Mahāyoga Rites, Wrongs, And Results
    • The Answers: Effort, Spontaneity, And Balance
    • Conclusion
    • The Rdo Rje Sems Dpa’I Zhus Lan: English Translation
    • The Rdo Rje Sems Dpa’I Zhus Lan: Critical Edition
    • Bibliography
  • The Bar Do Thos Grol, Or 'The Tibetan Book Of The Dead': Tibetan Conversion To Buddhism Or Tibetanisation Of Buddhism? (143-158) by Yoshiro Imaeda   (733K)
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    • Bibliography
  • Between Na Rak And A Hard Place: Evil Rebirth And The Violation Of Vows In Early Rnying Ma Pa Sources And Their Dunhuang Antecedents (159-200) by Matthew T. Kapstein   (3M)
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    • The Lost Murals Of ’Ug Pa Lung
    • The Lotus Maṇḍala At Dunhuang
    • Texts And Translations
    • Appendix: The Na Rak Dong Sprugs Cycle In The Rnying Ma Bka’ Ma
    • Bibliography
  • Buddhist Printed Images And Texts Of The Eighth-Tenth Centuries: Typologies Of Replication And Representation (201-252) by Katherine R. Tsiang   (17M)
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    • Introduction
    • Stamped Images
    • Printed Scrolls
    • Single Sheet Prints
    • DhāraṇĪ Sheets Of The Tang Dynasty
    • The DhāraṇĪ Sheets’ Scriptural Background
    • Bibliography
  • Index Of Dunhuang Manuscripts And Paintings (253-254)   (332K)