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CONTENTS PREFACE Introduction i PART I Chapter i Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Conclusion PART II Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Conclusion Historical and Doctrinal Background i 5 The Authorship of the Ratnagotravibhäga and Its Transmission in India from the 5 th to the 10th Century 17 TheResurrectionoftheRatnagotravibhägainIndiaintheEarly11th Century: Maitripa and Jnänasrimitra 43 Ratnakarasanti’s Understanding of Buddha-nature 71 The Transmission of the Ratnagotravibhäga in East India from the 1 Ith to the 13th Century: From Prajnäkaramati to Vibhüticandra 97 The Kashmiri Tradition of the Ratnagotravibhäga Exegesis in the 11th and 12th Centuries: Sajjana and his Circle 135 Six Tibetan Translations of the Ratnagotravibhäga 155 181 rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab and His Doctrinal Position 189 The Life and Works of rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab 191 rNgog’s Doctrinal Positions in Relation to Sajjana’s and His Com- mentarial Style 211 rNgog’s rGyud bla mai don bsdus pa as a Reflection of His Own Doctrinal Position 241 2 77