| List of Illustrations | |
| Acknowlegments | |
| Orthographic Note | |
| Introduction: Lament for Pasang | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | Sherpas in Mirrors | 39 |
| Ch. 2 | Making Modern Sherpas | 79 |
| Ch. 3 | Buddhist Sherpas as Others | 121 |
| Ch. 4 | The Intimacy of Shamanic Sherpas | 171 |
| Ch. 5 | Seduction and Simulative Power in the Himalayas: Staying Sherpa | 206 |
| Conclusion: Virtual Sherpas in Circulation | 233 |
| Appendix A Khentse Rinpoche Lecture, Tengboche, 1987 | 243 |
| Appendix B Exerpts from "The Stages of Repelling Demons Based on the Heart Sutra, the Summary of the Vast, Intermediate, and Condensed Mothers" | 247 |
| Appendix C Musings on Textuality and Truth | 251 |
| Appendix D Production/Seduction | 257 |
| Notes | 263 |
| Glossary of Sherpa Terms | 283 |
| Bibliography | 289 |
| Index | 299 |
