Preface; Note on names & transliteration; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Section 1: The Schools & their Relations; The period in which the Schools arose; The Schools & Politics in Tibet; Monastic Organisation; Monasticism & intellectual study; Schools & lineages; Loss of lineages. Section 2: Some Antecedents of the Rimé Movement; The Buddha & the idea of skillful means; The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339); Mahamudra & Dzogchen; Karma Chagme (1613-1678); Jigme Lingpa (1729-1798) & the heritage of Longchenpa (1308-1364); Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdröl (1781-1851); Fourth Panchen Lama, Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662) & Khöntönpa (1561-1637). Section 3: East Tibet & the Rimé Movement; East Tibetan Context; Upheaval in nineteenth century Kham; Bon in East Tibet; Termas (gter ma) & tertöns (gter ston); The life of Jamgön Kongtrul; The five treasuries of Jamgön Kongtrul; Jamgön Kongtrul & shentong; Jamgön Kongtrul & Chokgyur Lingpa; The three-year retreat & the eight practice lineages; Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892); Jamyang Khyentsea's inspiration of Rimé; Background & early life of Jamyang Khyentse; Jamyang Khyntse & the Longchen Nyingthig; Jamyang Khyntse & the terma tradition; Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829-1870); Chokgyur Lingpa, The Great Treasure Revealer; Life & principle termas of Chokgyur Lingpa; Chokgyur Lingpa & Rimé; Dza Patrul Rinpoche, Orgyen Jikme Chökyi; Wangpo (1808-1887); Mipham Rinpoche, Jamgön Mipham Gyatso (1846-1912); Mipham the philosopher; Life of Mipham; Mipham's philosophical position; Mipham, Kongtrul & logic-a short anecdote; Mipham's other interests. Section 4:The Heritage of the Rimé Movement; Khenpo Shenga, Shenpen Chökyi Lodrö (1893-1959); Dilgo Khyntse Tashi Peljor, Rabsel Dawa (1910-1991); Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996); Kalu Rinpoche, Karma Drubgyu Tenzin, Ranjung Kunkhyab (1905-1989); Dezhung Rinpoche, Kunga Tenpay Nyima (1906-1987); Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (b. 1935); Conclusion; Notes; Recommended Reading; Bibliography; Table of Tibetan Names; Index.
Rime -- Buddhism Without Prejudice : The Nineteenth Century Non-Sectarian Movement and Its Tibetan Context