Table of Contents

Introduction ; The Life of Rog Bande Sherab O ; A Lamp for the Teachings ; Part I: The Buddha and His Doctrine, What Is To Be Known ; Chapter One: Introduction ; Chapter Two: How the Buddha Was Enlightened ; Chapter Three: How the Dharma Was Taught and Compiled ; Chapter Four: The Categorization of the Dharma and the Dissemination of Tantra ; Chapter Five: Exoteric Scriptures and Treatises ; Chapter Six: The Esoteric Tradition ; Chapter Seven: Types of Tantras and Tantric Literature ; Chapter Eight: The Differences Between Various Doctrinal Categories ; Part II: The Nine Vehicles, Knowing Agents ; Chapter Nine: Non-Buddhists ; Chapter Ten: The Hinayana ; Chapter Eleven: The Mind Only School ; Chapter Twelve: The Madhyamaka ; Chapter Thirteen: The Outer Tantras ; Chapter Fourteen: The Inner Tantras ; Part III: The Nonduality of Knowledge and Known Things ; Chapter Fifteen: Nonduality and the Buddhist Path ; Appendix I: Teachings Rogben Received ; Appendix II: The Relationship of Rogben's Lamp to the Two Deu Histories ; Bibliography ; Index

About the Author

Jose Ignacio Cabezon is Dalai Lama Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews

Among the teachings of the Nyingma or 'Ancient' school of Tibetan Buddhism, one of the most famous is the nine vehicles to enlightenment. With this translation of an important thirteenth-century Tibetan text, Jose Cabezon provides the most detailed exposition of the nine vehicles to appear in English. He does so with his characteristic clarity and insight.
*Donald Lopez, Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, University of Michigan*