The Buddha From Dolpo

ISBN 0-7914-4192-X

Table of Content

• Publisher Notes
• List of Illustrations
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part One—The Life and Teachings of the Omniscient Dolpopa
  • Chapter One—The Life of the Buddha from Dolpo
    • Childhood and Early Education
    • Studies at the Great Monastery of Sakya
    • The Move to Jonang
    • Raising Mt. Meru and Revealing the Zhentong View
    • The Initial Reception of the Zhentong Teachings
    • The New Jonang Translation of the Kālacakra* Tantra and the Vimalaprabhā*
    • Years of Retreat and Teaching
    • Invitation to China by the Yüan Emperor Toghon Temür
    • Changes in the Jonang Leadership and the Beginning of the Journey to Lhasa
    • Teachings in Central Tibet and the Return to Tsang
    • The Aborted Meeting with Budön Rinchen Drup
    • The Last Months at Jonang
  • Chapter Two—A Historical Survey of the Zhentong Tradition in Tibet
    • The Zhentong Tradition in Tibet before Dolpopa
    • Dolpopa and the Zhentong View
    • The Zhentong Tradition after Dolpopa
  • Chapter Three—The Doctrine of the Buddha from Dolpo
    • Emptiness of Self-Nature and Emptiness of Other
    • A Redefinition of Cittamātra* and Madhyamaka
    • Two Approaches to Enlightenment
• Part Two—Texts in Translation
  • Introduction to the Translation of A General Commentary on the Doctrine
  • The Supplication Entitled A General Commentary on the Doctrine
  • Introduction to the Translation of The Fourth Council
  • The Great Calculation of the Doctrine Which Has the Significance of a Fourth Council
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Notes

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Life of the Buddha from Dolpo
• Chapter 2. A Historical Survey of the Zhentong Tradition in Tibet
• Chapter 3. The Doctrine of the Buddha from Dolpo
• Introduction to the Translation of A General Commentary on the Doctrine
• The Supplication Entitled A General Commentary on the Doctrine
• Introduction to the Translation of The Fourth Council
• The Great Calculation of the Doctrine Which Has the Significance of a Fourth Council
• All Notes

Bibliography

• European Language Sources
• Tibetan and Sanskrit Sources