Franz-Karl Ehrhard is professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Munich. His research work centres on religious and literary traditions in Tibet and the Himalayas. His publications include Early Buddhist Block Prints from Mang-yul Gung-thang, Lumbini 2000, Life and Travels of Lo-chen bSod-nams rgyamtsho, Lumbini 2002, and A Rosary of Rubies. The Chronicle of the Gurrigs mDo-chen Tradition from South-Western Tibet, Munich 2008.

Contents: Buddhism in Tibet & the Himalayas" Texts and Traditions by Franz-Karl Ehrhard
Preface	1
I. MADHYAMAK AND RDZOGS-CHEN
1. Observations on Prasangika-Madhyamaka in the rNying-ma-pa School	5
2. Some Historical Delineations Concerning Madhyamaka Philosophy in the rNying-ma-pa School	18
3. The "Vision" of rDzogs-chen: A Text and its Histories	35
II. THE SVAYAMBHUNATH STUPA
4. A Renovation of Svayambhunath Stupa in the 18th Century and its History (According to Tibetan Sources)	55
5. Further Renovations of Svayambhunath Stupa (From the 13th to the 17th Centuries)	63
6. Old and New Tibetan Sources Concerning Svayambhunath	71
III. THE BODHNATH STUPA
7. The Stupa of Bodhnath: A Preliminary Analysis of the Written Sources	95
8. The Register of the Reliquary of Lord Rang-rig ras-pa	103
9. A Forgotten Incarnation Lineage: The Yol-mo-ba sprul-skus (16th to 18th Centuries)	121
IV. SHERPA BUDDHISM
10. Two Documents on Tibetan Ritual Literature and Spiritual Genealogy	159
11. A Monument of Sherpa Buddhism: The Enlightenment Stupa in Junbesi	181
V. PILGRIMAGES AND SACRED GEOGRAPHY
12. Tibetan Sources on Muktinath: Individual Reports and Normative Guides	201
13. Concepts of Religious Space in Southern Mustang: The Foundation of the Monastery sKu-tshab gter-Inga	218
14. Religious Geography and Literary Traditions: The Foundation of the Monastery Brag-dkar bSam-gling	229
15. Pilgrims in Search of Sacred Lands	239
VI. TRAVELS AND HIDDEN LANDS
16. A. "Hidden Land" in the Tibetan-Nepalese Borderlands	259
17. "The Lands are like a Wiped Golden Basin": The Sixth Zhwa-dmar-pa's Journey to Nepal	283
18. "The Story of how Bla-ma Karma Chos-bzang came to Yol-mo": A Family Document from Nepal	294
VII. BUDDHIST TEACHERS FROM DOLPO
19. Two Further Lamas of Dolpo: Ngag-dbang rnam-rgyal (born 1628) and rNam-grol bzang-po (born 1504)	313
20. Sa-'dul dgon-pa: A Temple at the Crossroads of Jumla, Dolpo and Mustang	331
VIII. HIMALAYAN TREASURE DISCOVERERS
21. The Role of "Treasure Discoverers" and Their Writings in the Search for Himalayan Sacred Lands	351
22. Political and Ritual Aspects of the Search for Himalayan Sacred Lands	363
23. Kah-thog-pa bSod-nams rgyal-mtshan (1466-1540) and His Activities in Sikkim and Bhutan	379
IX. MANUSCRIPT AND BLOCK PRINT TRADITIONS
24. Recently Discovered Manuscripts of the rNying ma rgyud 'bum from Nepal	395
25. The Transmission of the dMar khrid Tshem bu lugs and the Mani bka' 'bum	413
26. The Transmission of the Thig le bcu drug and the Bka' gdams glegs bam	427
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DETAILS	449
BIBLIOGRAPHY	453
WESTERN SOURCES	453
TIBETAN TEXTS	477
INDEX	503