A Note On Pronunciation
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A Brief Chronology of Tibean Buddhism
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| 1. Introduction: Death, Literacy, and Tibet's Buddhist Elite |
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The Uncertain Fate of the Dead
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Literacy and Learning ia Dark Age
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10
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Part I: CONVERSION AND NARRATIVE
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2. The Chinese Mother of Tibet's Dharma-King: The Testament of Ba and the Beginnings of Tibetan Buddhist Historiography
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23
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History's Mirrorwork
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China's Nephew
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26
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Solomon on the Silk Road
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28
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The Religious Transformation of History
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30
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History and Identity
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32
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3. The Mark of Vermillion: Rebirth and Resurecction in an Early Medieval Tale
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38
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The Mark of Vermillion
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38
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Cosmology, Karma, and Conversion
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42
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From Rebirth to Resurrection
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46
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4. Plague, Power, And Reason: The Royal Conversion to Buddhism Reconsidered
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51
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The Puzzle of Tibetan Conversion
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51
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| The Power of Plague |
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The Charisma of Reason
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54
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Buddhism and Legislation
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56
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Imperial Cosmopolitanism
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Converting the Conversion
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65
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Part II: SOURCES OF CONTESTATION
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5. From Korea to Tibet; Action at a Distance in the Early Medieval World System
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An Island in the Eastern Sea
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The Tamer of Tigers
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Chan Traces in Later Traditions
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The Vicissitudes of the Great Chinese Commentary
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Korea, Tibet, and the Early Medieval World System
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6. What Is "Tibetan Scholasticism"? Three Ways of Thought
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Sakya Pandita's Reasons
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Karma Pakshi's Doubts
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Dolpopa on the Age of Perfection
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Contestation and Self-representation
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7. The Purificatory Gem and Its Cleansing: A Late Polemical Discussion of Apocryphal Texts
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Our Notions of Buddhist Canon and Apocrypha
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Realism, Idealism, and Scriptual Authenticity
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The Purificatory Gem and Itrs Cleansing: Historical Background
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The Texts and Why They Were Written
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The Question of Spiritual Treasures
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PART III: MYTH, MEMORY, REVELATION
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8. The Imaginal Persistence of the Empire
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The Truth of Myth
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The Most Compassionate King
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The Advent of The Lotus Guru
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Hierarchy and Universality
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