Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet 9780824837747

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Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet 9780824837747

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Buddhisms and Other Conventions
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Early Pure Land Traditions in India, Tibet, and Central Asia
Chapter One: Indian Mahayana Origins and Departures
Chapter Two: Pure Lands and the Tibetan Empire
Part II. Pure Land Texts in Tibetan Contexts
Chapter Three: The Dharma that Goes Against the Ways of the World: The Short Sukhāvatīvyūha-Sūtra with an English Translation from Tibetan
Chapter Four: Tibetan Pure Land Commentaries
Part III. Pure Lands and Pure Visions
Chapter Five: Tantric Transfer in Sukhāvatī
Chapter Six: The Celestial Treasures of Buddha Amitābha
Epilogue: From Sukhāvatī to Tibet and Back
Appendix I: A Critical Analysis of the Orgyan-Gling Gold Bde-Mdo
Appendix II: The Means of Attaining the Sukhāvatī Kṣetra: Editions and Liturgical Texts
Appendix III: An Anthology of Pure Land Texts from the Treasure Tradition
Notes
References
Index

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