Table of Contents

Editors' Preface Introduction Part One: Philosophical Explorations 1. Some Aspects of rDzogs-chen Thought Herbert V. Guenther 2. What is Buddhist Logic?: Some Tibetan Developments of Pramana Theory Kennard Lipman 3. A Dialogue on Death: Tibetan Commentators on the First Chapter of Aryadeva's Catuhsataka Karen Lang Part Two: Visionary Explorations 4. A Ch'an Text from Tun-huang: Implications for Ch'an Influence on Tibetan Buddhism Kenneth K. Tanaka and Raymond E. Robertson 5. Remarks on the Mani bKa'-'bum and the Cult of Avalokitesvara in Tibet Matthew Kapstein 6. Genre, Authorship, and Transmission in Visionary Buddhism: The Literary Traditions of Thang-stong rGyal-po Janet Gyatso 7. Preliminary Studies on Hevajra's Abhisamaya and the Lam-'bras Tshogs-bshad Ronald M. Davidson 8. Rig-'dzin 'Jigs-med gling-pa and the kLong-Chen sNying-Thig Steven D. Goodman Notes Contributors Index of Personal Names

About the Author

Steven D. Goodman is Professor of Tibetan Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union. Ronald M. Davidson is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Program in Asian Studies at Fairfield University.

Reviews

"Contains some of the best work that has been done in Tibetan studies in the past decade." - Lewis Lancaster "This is an important collection, because Tibetan Buddhist studies are becoming increasingly important and sophisticated, and this brings together the work of many of the best young Tibetologists in North America. Many of the areas covered in the essays, e.g., the Mani bKa' 'bum, Sa skya meditational systems, Tibetan sacred biography, and the evolution of deities, are important topics that have received little scholarly attention. Here, they are presented authoritatively with careful contextualization of Tibetan Buddhist doctrines within historical context." - Roger R. Jackson