Lineage of Diamond Light - Crystal Mirror V: buddhist history (India, Tibet, Nyingma)

This richly illustrated volume contains Tarthang Tulku's history of the Buddhist Dharma in India and Tibet, with a special emphasis on the masters and lineages of the Nyingma tradition, and two translations from Longchenpa.

Preface by Tarthang Tulku
Introduction

THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA
Life of the Buddha
Qualities of the Buddha
The Thirty-Seven Wings of Enlightenment
Sections of the Thirty-Seven Wings
Preserving the Dharma
Development of the Sangha and the Three Councils
The Eighteen Schools
The Dharma in Kashmir and the Seven Patriarchs
The Vinaya Tradition
The Development of Sarvastivada and Abhidharma
The Development of the Vaibhasika and Sautrantika
Events Surrounding the Rise of Buddhism in India

THE LATER DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA
The Two most Excellent Ones and the Six Ornaments
Yogacara: The Path of Introspection
Principal Works of the Yogacara
Founding Fathers of Buddhist Logic
Prajnaparamita: The Heart of the Mahayana
Texts of the Prajnaparamita
Madhyamaka: The Open Dimension
Masters of the Madhyamika School
The Three Dharmacakras and the Implicit and Definitive Meanings of the Buddha's Teachings
The Eighty-four Mahasiddhas
Events Surrounding the Flourishing Decline of Buddhism in India

THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM IN TIBET
The Ancestral and Dynastic Origins of Tibetan Civilization
The Vinaya Lineage in Tibet
The Abhidharma Tradition in Tibet
Transmission of Prajnaparamita in Tibet
The Madhyamika Tradition in Tibet
The Madhyamika Tradition in Tibet

THE VAJRAYANA LINEAGES IN TIBET
The Spiritual Courses of the Buddhist Tradition
Characteristics of Inner Tantras
The bKa'-ma Tradition
The Transmission of the Atiyoga bKa'-ma up to Vimalamitra and Padmasambhava
The Transmission of the Mahayoga and the Lineage of the Buhya-mula-garbha-tantra
The Lineage of the Anuyoga
The Mind Section (Sems-sde) of the Atiyoga
The Section of the Unending Experience of Being (Klong-sde) of the Atiyoga
The Transmission of the Guidance Section (Man-ngag-sde) of the Atiyoga
The Transmission of the Central Doctrine of the Guidance Section

gTer-ma, the Concealed Treasures
The Eight rNying-ma Heruka Sadhanas
The Later rNying-ma Monasteries
Later Lamas of the rNying-ma Lineage
Seven Mulagurus of Tarthang Tulku

TRANSMISSION LINEAGES

r NYING-MA MONASTERI4ES IN TIBET

A TIME LINE OF WESTERN AND BUDDHIST CIVILIZATIONS

NOW THAT I COME TO DIE
Klong-chen—a

HOW SAMSARA IS FABRICATED FROM THE GOUND OF BEING
Klong-chen-pa

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