Mahamudra and the bKa´-brgyud Tradition.

Table of Contents
Contributers XV
List of Illustrations VII
Preface XI
I. Facets of Mahamudra
Roger R. Jackson: The Study Of Mahamudra In The West: A Brief Historical Overview 3
Lara Braitstein: The Extraordinary Path: Saraha´s Adamantine Songs and the Bka´ brgyud Great Seal 55
Klaus Dieter Mathes: The Collection of 'Indian Mahamudra Works' (phyag chen rgya gzhung) Compiled by the Seventh Karma pa Chos grags rgya mtsho 89
II. Traditions of Meditation and Yoga
Ulrich Timme Kragh: Prolegomenon to the Six Doctrines of Na ro pa: Authority and Tradition 131
Marta Sernesi: The Aural Transmission of Samvara: An Introduction to Neglected Sources for the Study of the Early Bka´ brgyud 179
Jan-Ulrich Sobisch: Guru-Devotion in the Bka´ brgyud pa Tradition: The Single Means to Realisation 211
III: Contributions of the Successive Karma pas
Matthew T. Kapstein: The Doctrine of Eternal Heaven: A Tibetan Defence of Mongol Imperial Religion 259
Anne Burchardi: The Role of Rang rig in the Pramana-based Gzhan stong of the Seventh Karmapa 317
Jim Rheingans: The Eigth Karmapa's Answer to Gling drung pa 345
Karl Debreczeny: Tibetan Interest in Chinese Visual Modes: The Foundation of the Tenth Karmapa's 'Chinese-style Thang ka Painting' 387
IV: The Life and Legacy of Gtsang smyon Heruka
Stefan Larson: What Do the Childhood and Early Life of Gtsang myon Heruka Tell Us about His Bka' brgyud Affiliation? 425
Kurtis R. Schaeffer: The Printing Projects of Gtsang smyon Heruka and His Disciples 453
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