Jamgon Kongtrul's ten-volume Treasury of Knowledge is a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as practice reflection and meditation; present-day students have also realized that awakening has its source in study as well as in reflection and practice.
Buddhism's Journey to Tibet presents Kongtrul's masterful history of Buddhism in India and Tibet. Beginning with the appearance of the Buddha in our world (Book Two), it describes the Buddha's life, his enlightenment, and what he taught (Book Three), from a multitude of Buddhist viewpoints. Buddhism's transmission to and preservation in Tibet is the focus of the main part of this volume (Book Four), which describes the scriptural transmissions and lineages of meditation practice as well as the Buddhist arts that together make up the world of Tibetan Buddhism.

Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899), a pivotal figure in eastern Tibet's nonsectarian movement, was one of the most outstanding writers and teachers of his time. In his monumental Treasury of Knowledge he presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetan Buddhism.

	Contents: Treasury of Knowledge, Books 2, 3 & 4: Buddhism's Journey to Tibet
	Foreword by Yangsi Kalu Rinpoche	xi
	Translators' Introduction	1
	An Overview of The Treasury of Knowledge	4
	Jamgon Kongtrul and the Purpose of The Treasury of Knowledge	9
	Kalu Rinpoche and the Purpose of the Translation of The Treasury of Knowledge	18
	Paying for the Translation of The Treasury of Knowledge	26
	The Treasury in Translation	33
	Translating and Reading Buddhism's Journey to Tibet	35
	Acknowledgments	38
	BOOK TWO: The Light of the World	41
1.	Our Teacher's Path to Awakening	43
2.	The Buddha's Enlightenment	61
3.	The Buddha's Twelve Deeds	75
4.	Enlightenment's Bodies and Pure Realms	93
	BOOK THREE: What the Buddha Taught	113
1.	What Are the Sacred Teachings?	115
2.	Cycles of Scriptural Transmission	145
3.	Compilations of the Buddha's Word	167
4.	The Origins of the Early Translations' Ancient Tradition	183
	BOOK FOUR: Buddhism Resplendent in the World	197
1.	Buddhism in the Land of Exalted Beings	199
2.	How Buddhist Monastic Discipline and Scriptural Transmissions Came to Tibet	235
3.	The History of Lineages of Meditation Practice in Tibet, the Eight Major Chariots	321
4.	A History of Buddhist Culture	377
	Appendix 1: The Root Text of Books Two, Three and Four	437
	Appendix 2: The Outline of Books Two, Three and Four	479
	Translator's Postscript: Reflections on Each Chapter	491
	Myriad Worlds Revisited	491
	Book Two: The Light of the World	495
	1. Our Teacher's Path to Awakening	495
	2. The Buddha's Enlightenment	500
	3. The Buddha's Twelve Deeds	509
	4. Enlightenment's Bodies and Pure Realms	513
	Book Three: What the Buddha Taught	519
	1. What Are the Sacred Teachings?	519
	2. Cycles of Scriptural Transmission	528
	3. Compilations of the Buddha's Word	536
	4. The Origins of the Early Translations' Ancient Tradition	538
	Book Four: Buddhism Resplendent in the World	546
	1. Buddhism in the Land of Exalted Beings	546
	2. How Buddhist Monastic Discipline and Scriptural Transmissions Came to Tibet	551
	3. The History of Lineages of Meditation Practice in Tibet, the Eight Major Chariots	577
	4. A History of Buddhist Culture	597
	Bibliography	605
	List of Names	609
	List of Names of Nonhuman Beings	633
	List of Place Names	639
	List of Texts Cited	645
	Subject Index	663