TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Technical Note on Translation Policies xxi Abbreviations xxiv Introduction. The Secret Autobiographies of Jigme Lingpa 3 I. TRANSLATION A Word to the Reader 14 Dancing Moon in the Water 15 Dakki's Grand Secret-Talk 55 Notes to the Translation 63 II.BACKGROUND Chapter 1. Autobiography in Tibet 101 Chapter 2. The Outer Face: The Life of Jigme Lingpa 124 Chapter 3. Treasure Discoverer 145 Chapter 4. Master of Experience 182 III. READINGS Chapter 5. No-Self Self and Other Dancing Moons 2H Chapter 6. The Dakini Talks: On Gender, Language, and the Secret Autobiographer 243 Epilogue. Subjectivity without Essence 265 Appendix 1. The Autobiographies and Biographies of Jigme Lingpa 273 Appendix 2. Lists of the Former Lives of Jigme Lingpa 275 Appendix 3. Table of Episodes in the Secret Autobiographies of Jigme Lingpa 278 Notes 281 Bibliography 311 Tibetan Sources 311 Secondary Sources and Critical Editions 321 Interviews 338 Index 339
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