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Contents: Images of Enlightenment: Tibetan Art in Practice |
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List of Illustrations |
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Introduction |
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The Founder and His Teachings |
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Shakyamuni Buddha |
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The Wheel of Life |
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The Arhat Lam-chung |
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Stupa of Enlightenment |
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The Bodhisattva Path |
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Prajnaparamita |
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Avalokiteshvara |
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Manjushri |
43 |
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Vajrapani |
45 |
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The Five Buddha Families |
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Sambhogakaya Aspects of the Buddhas of the Five Families |
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Amitabha |
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Enlightened Activity |
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Green Tara |
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White Tara |
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Ushnisha Vijaya |
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Amitayus |
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Medicine Buddha |
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Vaishravana |
103 |
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The Path of Bliss of Bliss and Emptiness |
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Vajradhara |
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Vajrasattva |
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Guhyasamaja |
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Yamantaka and Dharmaraja |
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Heruka Chakrasamvara |
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Vajrayogini |
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Buddha Vajradharma |
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Mahakala |
147 |
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A Living Tradition |
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Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava |
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Atisha |
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Sakya Pandita |
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Marpa the Translator and Jetsun Milarepa |
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Je Tsong Khapa |
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Maitrya the Future Buddha |
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Artist's Afterword |
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List of Proper Names |
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Glossary |
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Notes |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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List of Illustrations |
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List of Color Plates |
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Plate 1 Shakyamuni Buddha |
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Plate 2 Wheel of Life |
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Plate 3 Stupa of Enlightenment |
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Plate 4 Prajnaparamita |
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Plate 5 Four-armed Avalokiteshvara |
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Plate 6 Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara |
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Plate 7 Manjushri |
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Plate 8 Vajrapani |
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Plate 9 Sambhogakaya aspects of the buddhas of the five families |
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Plate 10 Amitabha |
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Plate 11 Green Tara |
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Plate 12 White Tara |
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Plate 13 Amitayus |
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Plate 14 Medicine Buddha |
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Plate 15 Vaishravana |
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Plate 16 Vajradhara |
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Plate 17 Vajrasattva |
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Plate 18 Vajrasattva with Consort |
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Plate 19 Guhyasamaja |
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Plate 20 Yamantaka |
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Plate 21 Dharmaraja |
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Plate 22 Two-armed Heruka Chakrasamvara |
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Plate 23 Twelve-armed Heruka Chakrasamvara |
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Plate 24 Vajrayogini |
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Plate 25 Vajradharma |
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Plate 26 Mahakala |
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Plate 27 Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava |
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Plate 28 Sakya Pandita |
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Plate 29 Marpa the Translator |
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Plate 30 Jetsun Milarepa |
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Plate 31 Je Tsong Khapa |
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Plate 32 Maitreya |
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List of Figures |
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Figure 1 Grid pattern for the face of Shakyamuni Buddha |
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Figure 2 Grid pattern for the unadorned body of Shakyamuni Buddha |
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Figure 3 Grid pattern for the robed body of Shakyamuni Buddha |
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Figure 4 The Arhat Lam-chung |
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Figure 5 The abstract form of a stupa and corresponding buddha image |
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Figure 6 The Tibetan yogini Machig Labdron |
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Figure 7 Nirmanakaya aspects of the buddhas of the five families |
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Figure 8 Ushnisha Vijaya |
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Figure 9 Atisha |
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Figure 10 The mahasiddha Tilopa |
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Figure 11 Je Tsong Khapa with Gyaltsab Je (left) and Khedrub Je (right) |
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Figure 12 Khedrub Je's vision of Je Tsong Khapa |
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Figure 13 The eyes of Boudhanath Stupa |
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List of Tables |
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Table 1 Attributes of the five buddha families |
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Table 2 Transformation and the five buddhas |
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Table 3 Symbolism of the yab-yum embrace |
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Table 4 Guhyasamaja and the buddha families |
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Table 5 Stages in the death process |
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Table 6 Correspondences between death, sleep and the three buddha bodies |
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