On Supreme Bliss: A Study of the History and Interpretation of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra

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|BookToc=*{{i|1. The Study of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra: Contextualizing the Tantric|1}}
**{{i|1. "Tantrism" and Colonialism|9}}
**{{i|2. Defining "Tantrism" and the Tantric|25}}
**3. Tantrism in Context
***{{i|1. Non-Origins|39}}
***{{i|2. Buddhist Origins|45}}
***{{i|3. Hindu Origins|53}}

*{{i|2. Passion, Compassion and Self-Mastery: Approaches to Tantric Buddhism|65}}
**{{i|1. Purity|66}}
**2. Transformation and Perfection
***{{i|1. The Alchemy of Passion and Compassion|86}}
***{{i|2. Union and Self-Consecration|95}}
**3. The Way of Great Bliss
***{{i|1. Joy and Asceticism|103}}
***2. Transgression and Self-Mastery
****{{i|1. Interpretation and Ambiguity|113}}
****{{i|2. The Logic of Mastery|128}}
**{{i|4. Concluding Models|147}}

*{{i|3. Competing Discourses in Theory and Practice|152}}
**1. The Discourse on Varṇa
***{{i|1. Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Ideologies|153}}
***{{i|2. Myth, Counter-myth and Ritual|161}}
***{{i|3. On Dissent, Protest and Counter-Culture: Resistance or<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reproduction?|178}}
**2. The Practice of Dissent
***{{i|1. Heresies|193}}
***2. Renunciation and Liminality
****{{i|1. Liminal Persons|200}}
****{{i|2. Liminal Places|223}}
**3. Cosmic Mastery: Visions of Authority Within and Beyond the World
***{{i|1. Cosmology and Awakening|240}}
***{{i|2. The Collapse of Time and Space in the Maṇḍala|250}}
***3. Mastery in and of the World
****{{i|1. The Guru, the King and the Maṇḍala|262}}
****{{i|2. Lineage and the Transmission of Alternate Modes of<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Authority|280}}

*{{i|4. Revelation and Taxonomy: Categorizing Tantric Literature|293}}
**1. Modes of Tantric Discourse
***{{i|1. Primary Revelation|299}}
***{{i|2. Primary Exegesis|303}}
***{{i|3. Secondary Revelation|309}}
***{{i|4. Secondary Exegesis|313}}
**2. Tantric Doxography
***{{i|1. Compilations|314}}
***{{i|2. Classification Schemes|319}}
**{{i|3. Tantric Taxonomy and Early Medieval Indian Society|348}}

*5. Tantric Historiography
**{{i|1. Traditional Histories|364}}
**{{i|2. Modem Chronologies|389}}

*6. The Cakrasaṃvara Tantra and the Origins of Heruka
**1. The Texts of the Cakrasamvara Tantra
***{{i|1. Description of Texts |431}}
***{{i|2. Survey of Contents|438}}
**2. A Geneology of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra
***{{i|1. Buddhist Sources|446}}
***{{i|2. Hindu Sources|464}}
**3. Heruka
***{{i|1. The Origin of Heruka|473}}
***{{i|2. The Purification of Heruka|496}}

*{{i|Bibliography: Primary Sources|505}}
*{{i|Bibliography: Secondary Sources|525}}

*{{i|Appendix A: An Edition of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, Chapters One to Four|588}}
*{{i|Appendix B: A Translation of the Cakrasrupvara TantTai Chapters One to<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Four|614}}
*{{i|Appendix C: Tsongkhapa's ''Total Illumination of the Hidden Meaning'', Ch. 1-4|622}}
*{{i|Appendix D: Sumatikīrti's ''Laghusaṃvaratantrapaṭalābhisandhi''|760}}
*{{i|Appendix E: Cakrasamvara Lineage Lists|765}}
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