The treasury of knowledge.
Subtitle: Buddhism's journey to Tibet
By: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye ; Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group ; this volume translated and introduced by Ngawang Zangpo.
Contributors: Ngawang Zangpo, 1954-
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781559393454
Subjects: Buddhism -- India -- History; Buddhism -- China -- Tibet -- History; Buddhism -- Doctrines -- History
Work titles: Śes bya mthaʼ yas paʼi rgya mtsho.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Book two: The light of the world. Our teacher's path to awakening; title: The Buddha's enlightenment; title: The Buddha's twelve deeds; title: Enlightenment's bodies and pure realms; title: Book three: What the Buddha taught. What are the sacred teachings?; title: Cycles of scriptural transmission; title: Compilations of the Buddha's word; title: The origins of the early translations' ancient tradition; title: Book four: Buddhism resplendent in the world. Buddhism's spread in India; title: How Buddhist monastic discipline and philosophy came to Tibet; title: The history of the eight major lineages of meditation practice in Tibet; title: A history of Buddhist culture; title: Appendix 1: the root text of books two, three, and four; title: Translator's postscript: reflections on each chapter.