- The Tara Tantra
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Author’s Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part One: Introduction
- Background on Tārā
- Textual Analysis of the Tārā-mūla-kalpa
- Introduction to the Tārā-mūla-kalpa, Atiśa, and Bu-ston
- The Divisions of the TMK and Their Contents
- The TMK’s References to the Bodhisattvapiṭaka Avataṃsaka-mahāvaipūlya-sūtra
- Previous Scholarship
- Dating Theories: Tārā in the TMK, the MMK, and the VAT
- Tārā in the TMK and the Ekaviṃśati-sādhana
- Tārā in Bhavaviveka’s Tarkajvālā
- Conclusion: Dating the Tārā-mūla-kalpa
- Rituals in the Tārā-mūla-kalpa
- The Translation: Why a Translation of This Text Is Important
- Chapter Titles
- Tārā in the Tārā-mūla-kalpa: Names, Iconography, and Vidyās
- Part Two: Translation: Tārā-mūla-kalpa
- Chapter A.1: The Assembly
- Chapter A.2: The Extensive Ritual of the Maṇḍala
- Chapter A.3: The Extensive Ritual of the Maṇḍala and the Ritual of Sādhana
- Chapter B.1: The First Extensive Ritual of the Painted Image
- Chapter B.3: The Third Extensive Ritual of the Middling Painted Cloth
- Chapter B.4: The Fourth Extensive Ritual of the Painted Cloth (Small Ritual)
- Chapter B.5: The Fifth Extensive Ritual of the Painted Cloth
- Chapter B.6: The Fruits of Ritual Actions of the Superior Sādhana
- Chapter B.7: The Ritual Methods Accomplishing Superior Action
- Chapter B.8: Accomplishing the Superior [Ritual of the] Painted Cloth
- Chapter B.9: The Extensive Ritual of the Middling Painted Cloth
- Chapter B.10: The Extensive Chapter of the Ritual of Prayer Beads
- Chapter B.11: The Extensive Ritual of the Fire Sacrifice
- Chapter B.12: Untitled [The Great Secret]
- Chapter B.13: Vidyā-mantras Born from the Extensive Samādhi
- Appendixes
- Appendix I: The Legend of Tārā
- Appendix II: The Tradition of the Great Dangers
- Appendix III: References to the Bodhisattvapiṭaka Avataṃsaka Sūtra
- Appendix IV: The Tārā-mūla-kalpa’s Textual Affiliation with the Mañjuśrī Mūla Kalpa
- Appendix V: Sūtrayāna Teachings in the TMK
- Appendix VI: Sādhanas
- Appendix VII: Correlations Between Editions
- Appendix VIII: Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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