- A History of Buddhism in India and Tibet
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Special Acknowledgments
- Contents
- General Editor’s Preface
- Translator’s Introduction
- Identity of the Compiler and the Threefold Authorship Problem
- Literary Sources Made Use of by the Author
- The Author’s Allegiances
- The Author’s Purpose
- Historical Significance and Impact
- Unique Subject Matter
- The Prostration Passage
- Kingship
- The Incidental Kings according to Seven (or Six and One-Half) Documents
- The Revolts of the Civil Work Corps
- Previous Literature about the Deyu Histories
- Thoughts on Translation
- Aims of the Notes
- Concluding Remarks
- Translator’s Acknowledgments
- Part 1: India
- The Two Truths and Scripture
- Introduction
- The Origins of the Dharma with an Account of the Three Bodies
- The Account of the 1,002 Buddhas
- The Biography of the Enlightened One, Śākyamuni
- How the Scriptures Were Taught
- How the Treatises Were Composed (1)
- Tantra Collections and Their Divsions
- Making Distinctions
- How the Compilers Collected the Scriptures
- How the Treatises Were Composed (2)
- Part 2: Tibet
- Homage and Prostration
- Statement on the Subjects Covered
- Kingship and the History of Kings
- The Sovereign Power of the Wheel-Turning Kings
- Ikṣvāku Line
- An Account of the Birth of Rājyananda
- Wonders of the Śākya Clan
- How the Line of Rāhula Came to an End
- Appointed Kings
- Primordial Rulers of Tibet
- Incidental Kings
- Accounts of Indian Origins for the Tibetan Royal Dynasty
- The Seating Order of Divinities in the Firmament
- The Two Upper Kings
- The Royal Dynasties after Gri gum btsan po
- Reign of Srong btsan the Wise
- Law and Administration: The Short Catalog
- Law and Administration: The Expanded Catalog
- Erecting the Jokhang
- Between Srong brtsan the Wise and Khri srong lde brtsan
- Emperor Khri srong lde brtsan
- The Earlier Translation Period and Its Ten Phases
- Bsam yas Temple
- The Decline of the Dharma
- The Period of Fragmentation
- The Revolt of the Civil Work Corps
- Accordion-Style Manuscript with Stack of Nine
- Confidential Sealed Document
- Registry of Royal Tombs
- Period of Fragmentation
- The Royal Line of Yum brtan
- The Later Spread of Monastic Ordinations
- The Tail of the Old Translations
- The New Translations
- The Future Decline of the Teachings
- The Duration of the Teachings
- The Arrival of Maitreya
- Colophon
- Appendix on the Authors’ Spiritual and Family Lineages
- Bibliographies
- Index
- About the Contributors
- The Institute of Tibetan Classics
- The Library of Tibetan Classics
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- Copyright
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