Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. Part I. Cultural Context and Historical Connections
6. 2 The Dunhuang Manuscripts 13
7. 3 Buddhist Pilgrimage to the West in the Tenth Century 35
8. 4 Tibetans of the Borderlands 61
9. Part II. The Manuscript
10. 5 The Structure of the Manuscript 77
11. 6 From the Gantong Monastery 87
12. 7 The Baoenjing 107
13. 8 The Tibetan Tantric Texts 127
14. 9 The Letters of Passage 147
15. 10 Conclusions 177
16. Maps 181
17. Bibliography 185
18. Index 205
19. Plates. Teil 1 213
20. Plates. Teil 2 230