Luminous lives
Subtitle: the story of the early masters of the Lamʼbras tradition in Tibet
By: by Cyrus Steams.
Series: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Sa-skya-pa lamas -- China -- Tibet -- Biography.; Lam-'bras (Sa-skya-pa) -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Illustrations; title: Preface; title: Part One:; title: THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE LAM 'BRAS; title: Introduction; title: Chapter One: The Literary Tradition; title: Sa chen's Eleven Commentaries; title: on the Rdo rje tshig rkang; title: Different Opinions about Sa chen's; title: Eleven Commentaries; title: Commentaries on the Rdo rje tshig rkang; title: by Sa chen's Disciples; title: The Works of Phag mo gru pa; title: The Pod ser; title: The Writings of Sa skya Pandita and His Disciples; title: The Pod nag; title: The Pusti dmar chung; title: The Glegs bamrn phra mo; title: Unveiling the Slob bshad; title: Chapter Two: The Early Masters in Tibet; title: I. The Mystery of Lord Gayadhara; title: 2. The Tibetan Masters; title: Chapter Three: Dmar ston and the Zhib mo rdo rje; title: I. The Author; title: 2. The Work; title: Part Two: Translation; title: THE TIBETAN STORY OF THE EXCELLENT MASTERS; title: Prologue; title: One: The Life of'Brog mi Lo tsa ba; title: Travels in Nepal and India; title: Return to Tibet; title: Lord Gayadhara's First Trip to Tibet; title: Lord Gayadhara's Return to Tibet with 'Gos Lo tsa ba; title: Lord Gayadhara's Third Trip to Tibet, and His Death; title: 'Brog mi Lo tsa ba's Special Qualities, and His Death; title: Two: The Disciples of'Brog mi Lo tsa ba; title: The Three Male Disciples Who Reached Attainment; title: The Four Female Disciples Who Reached Attainment; title: I. Rtod mo Rdo rje mtsho'; title: 2. Dbrad sgom Dkon ne; title: 3. Shab pa mo Lcam gcig; title: 4. 'Phyad mo Nam mkha'; title: The Disciples Who Fully Received the Scriptures; title: I. 'Khon Dkon mchog rgyal po; title: 2. Gsal ba'i snying po; title: The Disciples Who Fully Received the Oral Instructions; title: I. Lha btsun Ka li; title: z. 'Brom De pa ston chung; title: 3. Se ston Kun rig; title: Three: The Disciples of Se ston Kun rig; title: I. The Zhang ston Brothers; title: z. Lady Zha ma and Her Brother; title: 3. Ze sgom Byang seng; title: Four: The Life of Sa chen Kun dga' snying po; title: Early Studies; title: Meeting Se ston Kun rig; title: Zhang ston Chos 'bar and the Lam 'bras; title: Sa chen's Three Disciples Who Reached; title: Attainment Without Discarding the Body; title: I. The Ceylonese Mendicant; title: z. Sgom pa Kyi 'bar; title: 3. Byang chub sems dpa' Stag; title: The Seven Who Reached the Stage of Forbearance; title: Sa chen's Bestowal of the Lam 'bras; title: Sa chen's Special Qualities, and His Death; title: Rje btsun Grags pa rgyal mtshan; title: Five: The Life of Sa skya Pandita; title: Early Studies; title: Meeting Mahapandita Sakyasri; title: Taking Ordination; title: Sa skya Pandita's Special Qualities; title: Colophon; title: Notes to Part One; title: Notes to Part Two; title: Bibliography; title: Index.