Mahamudra and the Bka’-brgyud Tradition

I. FACETS OF MAHĀMUDRĀ
Roger R. Jackson:
The Study Of Mahāmudrā In The West: A Brief Historical Overview. 3
Lara Braitstein:
The Extraordinary Path: Saraha´s Adamantine Songs and the Bka´ brgyud Great Seal. 55
Klaus Dieter Mathes:
The Collection of 'Indian Mahāmudrā Works' (phyag chen rgya gzhung) Compiled by the Seventh Karma pa Chos grags rgya mtsho. 89
II. TRADITIONS OF MEDITATION AND YOGA
Ulrich Timme Kragh:
Prolegomenon to the Six Doctrines of Nā ro pa: Authority and Tradition. 131
Marta Sernesi:
The Aural Transmission of Samvara: An Introduction to Neglected Sources for the Study of the Early Bka' brgyud. 179
Jan-Ulrich Sobisch:
Guru-Devotion in the Bka' brgyud pa Tradition: The Single Means to Realisation. 211
III: CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUCCESSIVE KARMA PAS
Matthew T. Kapstein:
The Doctrine of Eternal Heaven: A Tibetan Defence of Mongol Imperial Religion. 259
Anne Burchardi:
The Role of Rang rig in the Pramāna-based Gzhan stong of the Seventh Karmapa. 317
Jim Rheingans:
The Eigth Karmapa's Answer to Gling drung pa. 345
Karl Debreczeny:
Tibetan Interest in Chinese Visual Modes: The Foundation of the Tenth Karmapa's 'Chinese-style Thang ka Painting'. 387
IV: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF GTSANG SMYON HERUKA
Stefan Larson:
What Do the Childhood and Early Life of Gtsang myon Heruka Tell Us about His Bka' brgyud Affiliation? 425
Kurtis R. Schaeffer:
The Printing Projects of Gtsang smyon Heruka and His Disciples. 453