Divining with Achi and Tārā

Jan-Ulrich Sobisch, formerly professor for Tibetan Studies at Copenhagen University, now researcher at the Ruhr-University Bochum, is best known for his work on Tibetan vow theories, Tibetan tantric transmissions, and his exploration of the dGongs gcig teachings of the Drikung Kagyü tradition.

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1 Introduction
 1 Dice for Divination—One of Many Tools of Randomization
 2 Poetry in the Prophecy
 3 Chinese Buddhist Divination Poetry
 4 Poetry in the Turkic Irk Bitig
 5 Poetry in Turfan Fragments
 6 Brief Poetical Elements in the Sanskrit Pāśakakevalī
 7 Poetry in a Tibetan Dunhuang Divination Manual
 8 Poetry in Mipham’s A ra pa tsa na
 9 Structure and Nucleus of the Achi Mo
 10 Poetry in the Achi Mo
 11 More on the Divinations’ General Prognoses
 12 The Detailed Prognoses and Their Categories
 13 Ritual Remedies and Supports
 14 Remedies in the Book of Consecration
 15 Remedies in Tibetan Dunhuang Texts
 16 Remedies in the Pāśakakevalī
 17 Remedies in Later Tibetan Mo Texts
 18 Ritual Proficiency


2 Interviews
 1 Interview with Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche
 2 Interview with Lho Ontul Rinpoche


3 Translation of the Achi Mo
 1 The Sādhana
 2 Tibetan Text and Translation of the Divination Manual of Achi


4 Mālā Divination
 1 Phreng Mo: A Popular Tibetan Way of Divining with a Mālā
 2 Tibetan Text and Translation of the Divination Manual of Tārā
 3 Interviews with Khenchen Nyima Rinpoche and Dorzin Dhondrup Rinpoche
 4 Explanations from Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche
 5 Explanations from Dorzin Konchog Dhondrup Rinpoche
 6 Some Variations and Similarities
 7 Special Terminology of Tibetan Divination
 8 Terminology of Fortune and Misfortune in Tibetan Buddhist Mo Divination


Appendix 1: Glossary of Deities and Spirits
Appendix 2: Alphabetical List of Ritual Remedies and Supports
Bibliography
Index