The great perfection (rDzogs chen) : a philosophical and meditative teaching of Tibetan Buddhism /

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Author / Creator:Karmay, Samten Gyaltsen.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Description:xiv, 256 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 11
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6821348
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ISBN:9789004151420
9004151427
Notes:Previously published: 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-237) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1.
  • I. The Legend of Vairocana
  • Part 2.
  • II. The Ancient Documents of rDzogs chen from Tun-Huang
  • Document No. I (IOL 647)
  • Document No. II (IOL 594)
  • Document No. III (IOL 689/2)
  • III. The Cig car ba Tradition in Tibet
  • IV. The Development of the rDzogs chen Doctrine and its Literature in the Tenth Century
  • V. rDzogs chen Thought and its Critics in the Eleventh Century
  • Part 3.
  • VI. The Provenance of the Fusion of Tantric and Pure Meditational Teachings (the Role of MTPh)
  • VII. rDzogs chen Theories and their Origins
  • VIII. rDzogs chen in the Bonpo Tradition
  • IX. The Three Trends of the rDzogs chen Tradition
  • X. The rDzogs chen Tradition as a link between the rNying ma pa and the Bonpo
  • Bibliography
  • Chronological Table
  • Glossary
  • Indices