TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHARLES RAMBLE AND JILL SUDBURY
Introduction 7

MARTIN A. MILLS
This Circle of Kings: Modern Tibetan Visions of World Peace 17

THIERRY DODIN
The Third Spread of Dharma:

Becoming a Western Follower of Tibetan Buddhism 45

ALEXANDRE ANDREYEV
The Buddhist Revival in Russia (Late 1980s–1990s) and Tibet 57

PETRA MAURER
Sa dpyad and the Concept of Bla ri 67

ACHIM BAYER
The Ethics of Kingship and War in Patrul Rinpoche’sWords of My
Perfect Teacher and the Last Buddhist Rulers of Derge 81

DAVID TEMPLEMAN
Taranatha’s Self-Vision Based on his Autobiography
and Secret Autobiography 107

FRANZ-KARL EHRHARD
Gnas Rab ’byams pa Byams pa phun tshogs (1503–1581) and his
Contribution to Buddhist Block Printing 149

BÉLA KELÉNYI
Analysis of a Mdos Ritual Text Connected with
the Rlung rta Tradition 177

NAWANG TSERING SHAKSPO
Lho-drukpa Religious Foundations in Ladakh 197

NICOLA SCHNEIDER
La Maladie des Nonnes: les Mo nad et le Célibat 203

JEAN-LUC ACHARD
Zhang ston Bkra shis rdo rje (1097–1167) et la Continuation des
Essences Perlées (Snying thig) de la Grande Perfection 233

About the Contributors 267

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