The Buddhist forum _ Vol. 6

Abstract

List of Illustrations ; Preface ; The Historical Spectrum of the Bodhisattva Ideal ; Bodhisattva Vow by Bodhibhadra ; Sevenfold Practice of the Dharma by Śākyaśrībhadra ; Mental Attitude During Daily Activities ; Eulogy of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha ; Two Eulogies of the Eight Great Caityas ; Hymn to the Thirty-five Buddhas of Confession ; Presentation of Offerings to the Ḍākinīs ; Offering Butter Lamps ; Three Types of Evocation (sādhana) ; Self-generation as a deity ; Visualisation of the victorious vase ; Visualisation of the maṇḍala at the front ; Funeral Rites for Rebirth in the Sukhāvatī Abode ; Transference of consciousness ; Liberation through hearing in the intermediate state ; The cremation ceremony ; Ritual with an effigy-card (byang chog) ; Jyotirmañjarī of Abhayākaragupta ; The Saṃpuṭa-tantra: Sanskrit and Tibetan Versions of Chapter Two ;