Tibetan Renaissance (eBook)

Ronald M. Davidson is professor of religious studies at Fairfield University. He is the author of Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement (Columbia) and the coeditor (with Steven D. Goodman) of Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation.

PrefaceList of Maps, FiguresPronunciation GuideIntroductionChapter 1: Early Medieval India and the Esoteric RhapsodyChapter 2: The Demise of Dynasty and a Poorly Lit PathChapter 3: Renaissance and Reformation: The Eastern Vinaya MonksChapter 4: Translators as the New AristocracyChapter 5: Drokmi: The Doyen of Central Tibetan TranslatorsChapter 6: Treasure Text, the Imperial LegacyChapter 7: The Late Eleventh Century: From Esoteric Lineages to Clan TemplesChapter 8: The Early Twelfth Century: A Confident Tibetan BuddhismChapter 9: The Late Twelfth to Early Thirteenth Century: Ethical Crises, International Chapter 10: Conclusion and Epilogue: The Victory of the Clan Structure, Late Tantric BuddhismNotesGlossaryTibetan Orthographic EquivalentsAppendix 1: Eastern Vinaya Temples, Cave TemplesAppendix 2: Translation and Text of the Root Text of the *MargaphalaAppendix 3: A Concordance of Early Commentaries on the Root Text of the *MargaphalaNotes to AppendicesNotes to the EditionAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex