Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Buddhisms and Other Conventions xvii
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Preface xxiii
8. Introduction xxv
9. Part I. Early Pure Land Traditions in India, Tibet, and Central Asia
10. Chapter One: Indian Mahayana Origins and Departures 3
11. Chapter Two: Pure Lands and the Tibetan Empire 35
12. Part II. Pure Land Texts in Tibetan Contexts
13. Chapter Three: The Dharma that Goes Against the Ways of the World: The Short Sukhāvatīvyūha-Sūtra with an English Translation from Tibetan 87
14. Chapter Four: Tibetan Pure Land Commentaries 101
15. Part III. Pure Lands and Pure Visions
16. Chapter Five: Tantric Transfer in Sukhāvatī 139
17. Chapter Six: The Celestial Treasures of Buddha Amitābha 165
18. Epilogue: From Sukhāvatī to Tibet and Back 187
19. Appendix I: A Critical Analysis of the Orgyan-Gling Gold Bde-Mdo 193
20. Appendix II: The Means of Attaining the Sukhāvatī Kṣetra: Editions and Liturgical Texts 209
21. Appendix III: An Anthology of Pure Land Texts from the Treasure Tradition 213
22. Notes 215
23. References 293
24. Index 323