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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