Buddhist Literacy Project

Buddhist Literacy Project Description

Outline

• Home Page (Introduction)
• About
• Outline / Sitemap
• Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
  • Overview of the Path and Goal
  • What is Vajrayana Buddhism?
  • The Path
• Buddhism: Key Ideas
  • Buddha Nature
  • Cyclic Existence, Change, and Suffering
    • Interdependence
  • Appearance and Reality
    • Emptiness
    • Luminosity
  • Meditation
    • Shamatha and Vipashyana
  • The Bodhisattva Path
    • The Paramitas
• Buddhist History
  • Buddhism in India
    • The Buddha
    • The Buddha's Lives
    • The Development of Buddhism in India
      • Early Buddhism
      • Buddhist Universities
      • Mahayana Buddhism in India
      • Tantric Buddhism in India
  • Buddhism in Tibet
    • The Early History of Tibet
      • The Dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet
      • The Triad of King, Preceptor, and Vajrayana Master
        • History and Development of Buddhism in Tibet
        • Practice and Study
        • Lineages and Texts
        • The Tibetan Buddhist Canon
        • The Roles of Monastics, Yogis, and Lay Practitioners of Buddhism
        • Lay Practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism
        • Yogis and Masters of Tibetan Buddhism
        • Retreat and Meditation
        • Monasticism in Tibet
          • Training and Monastic Colleges
          • Debate in Tibetan Buddhism
    • Ritual and Ceremony in Tibetan Buddhism
      • The Practice of Tibetan Buddhism
        • Tantra
        • The Place of the Tantras in Buddhist Literature
        • Tantra and the Mahāyāna
        • Tantric Symbols
        • Entering Tantric Practice
        • The Four Classes of Tantra
        • The Preliminary Practices
        • The Fourteen Root Downfalls
      • Death and Dying in Tibetan Buddhism
        • Death Meditation: Exoteric and Esoteric Traditions
        • The Bardo Process
        • Tibetan Rituals of Death and Dying
    • The Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet
      • Nyingma
        • History and Doctrines: The Nine Vehicles
        • Terma: Hidden Treasures
      • Marpa Kagyu
        • History and Doctrines
        • Meditation Practices
      • Shangpa Kagyu
        • History and Doctrines
        • Meditation Practices
      • Sakya Path and Result
        • History and Doctrines
        • Meditation Practices
      • Zhije and Chod
        • History and Doctrines
        • Meditation Practices
      • Orgyen Nyendrup and Kalachakra
        • History and Doctrines
        • Meditation Practices
      • The Jonangpa
        • History and Doctrines
        • Meditation Practices
      • The Kadampa
        • History and Doctrines
        • Meditation Practices
        • The Gelukpa Monastic System
      • Bon Teachings and Practices
  • Lexicon of Buddhist Terms
  • Glossaries and Indexes
  • Bibliographies
  • Persons
  • Locations
  • Texts