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Chapter One: Indian Mahayana Origins and Departures
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Georgios T. Halkias
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Buddhisms and Other Conventions xvii
- Abbreviations xix
- Preface xxiii
- Introduction xxv
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Part I. Early Pure Land Traditions in India, Tibet, and Central Asia
- Chapter One: Indian Mahayana Origins and Departures 3
- Chapter Two: Pure Lands and the Tibetan Empire 35
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Part II. Pure Land Texts in Tibetan Contexts
- Chapter Three: The Dharma that Goes Against the Ways of the World: The Short Sukhāvatīvyūha-Sūtra with an English Translation from Tibetan 87
- Chapter Four: Tibetan Pure Land Commentaries 101
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Part III. Pure Lands and Pure Visions
- Chapter Five: Tantric Transfer in Sukhāvatī 139
- Chapter Six: The Celestial Treasures of Buddha Amitābha 165
- Epilogue: From Sukhāvatī to Tibet and Back 187
- Appendix I: A Critical Analysis of the Orgyan-Gling Gold Bde-Mdo 193
- Appendix II: The Means of Attaining the Sukhāvatī Kṣetra: Editions and Liturgical Texts 209
- Appendix III: An Anthology of Pure Land Texts from the Treasure Tradition 213
- Notes 215
- References 293
- Index 323
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Buddhisms and Other Conventions xvii
- Abbreviations xix
- Preface xxiii
- Introduction xxv
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Part I. Early Pure Land Traditions in India, Tibet, and Central Asia
- Chapter One: Indian Mahayana Origins and Departures 3
- Chapter Two: Pure Lands and the Tibetan Empire 35
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Part II. Pure Land Texts in Tibetan Contexts
- Chapter Three: The Dharma that Goes Against the Ways of the World: The Short Sukhāvatīvyūha-Sūtra with an English Translation from Tibetan 87
- Chapter Four: Tibetan Pure Land Commentaries 101
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Part III. Pure Lands and Pure Visions
- Chapter Five: Tantric Transfer in Sukhāvatī 139
- Chapter Six: The Celestial Treasures of Buddha Amitābha 165
- Epilogue: From Sukhāvatī to Tibet and Back 187
- Appendix I: A Critical Analysis of the Orgyan-Gling Gold Bde-Mdo 193
- Appendix II: The Means of Attaining the Sukhāvatī Kṣetra: Editions and Liturgical Texts 209
- Appendix III: An Anthology of Pure Land Texts from the Treasure Tradition 213
- Notes 215
- References 293
- Index 323