A fascinating, culturally varied picture of the Buddhist dream experience and its revelations about Buddhist ideas of consciousness, cognition and salvation.
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Introduction PART ONE: INDO-TIBETAN DREAMING 1. Dreams, Religions, and Sacred Biography Dreams in World Religons Dreams in Buddhist Sacred Biography Elite versus Popular Views of Dreaming The Psychoanalytic Study of Dreams 2. Dreams in the Biographies of the Buddha Queen Mayas Dream The Dreams of the Buddha The Dreams of Others 3. Early Buddhist Dream Theory Pali Texts The Aiokavadana The Sardulakarnavadana Buddhist Understandings of the Self and Consciousness 4. Dreams in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism Indigenous Practices Buddhist Influences in Tibet Medical Texts PART TWO: CONTINUITY OF DREAM MATERIAL 5. Conception Dream 6. Shared Dreams 7. Dreams as Signs of Spiritual Accomplishment The Buddha Milarepa and His Desciples The Ability to Interpret Dreams PART THREE: INNOVATIONS IN DREAM MATERIAL 8. Dream Yoga Dreams and Religious Innovation The Six Yogas Practice in Tibet 9. Ritual Dreaming Sought Dreams Rituals to Counteract Bad Dreams Dream Rituals from the kangyur and Tangyur 10. Gender in Indo-Tibet Dreaming Women and Female Deities in Men's Dreams Women Dreamers Dreams, Death, and Women
