Preface to the Revised Edition 9
List of Illustrations 13
List of Plates 15
Introduction 17
PART ONE: The Life and Teachings of the Omniscient Dolpopa 23
Chapter One : The Life of the Buddha from Dolpo 25
Childhood and Early Education 26
Studies at the Great Monastery of Sakya 27
The Move to Jonang 31
Raising Mount Meru and Revealing the Shentong View 35
The Initial Reception of the Shentong Teachings 38
The New Jonang Translation of the Kalacakra Tantra and the Stainless Light 40
Years of Retreat and Teaching 45
Invitation to China by the Yuan Emperor Toghon Temiir 45
Changes in the Jonang Leadership and the Beginning of the Journey to Lhasa 47
Teachings in Central Tibet and the Return to Tsang 49
The Aborted Meeting with Buton Rinchen Drup 51
The Last Months at Jonang 52
Chapter Two: A Historical Survey of the Shentong Tradition in Tibet 57
The Shentong Tradition in Tibet before Dolpopa 58
Dolpopa and the Shentong View 62
The Shenton gTradition after Dolpopa 71
Chapter Three: The Doctrine of the Buddha from Dolpo 101
Emptiness of Self-nature and Emptiness of Other 103
A Redefinition of Cittamatra and Madhyamaka 107
Two Approaches to Enlightenment 119
PART TWO: Text in Translation 127
Introduction to the General Commentary on the Doctrine 129
Supplication Entitled General Commentary on the Doctrine 135
Introduction to the Fourth Council and the Autocommentary to the "Fourth Council 147
Great Calculation of the Doctrine That Has the Significance of a Fourth Council 151
Autocommentary to the "Fourth Council 221
Notes 337
Bibliography 437
Index 473