Foreword by Lama Thupten Ngodub ................................. 5
Acknowledgments ............................................... 6-7
Introduction ................................................. 8-23
CHAPTER I.
OVERVIEW OF SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM OF THE
OIRATS ...................................................... 24-53
1.1 Tibetan Sources ........................................ 25-39
1.2 Mongolian and Other Sources ............................ 39-47
1.3 Oirat Sources .......................................... 47-53
CHAPTER II.
OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE ...................................... 54-87
2.1 Russian Literature ..................................... 54-70
2.2 Foreign Literature ..................................... 70-87
CHAPTER III.
THE RELIGIOUS VIEWS OF THE OIRATS BEFORE THE FALL OF THE
YUAN DYNASTY ............................................... 88-129
3.1 The Main Stages of Early Oirat History ................. 88-98
3.2 The Religions and Beliefs of the Western Mongolians.
The Early Stage of Buddhism ........................... 99-110
3.3 The Spread of Kagyu School among Oirats as the
Second Stage of the Buddhist History of the Western
Mongolians ........................................... 111-129
CHAPTER IV.
TIBETAN BUDDHISM OF THE WESTERN MONGOLIANS BETWEEN THE
FIFTEENTH AND THE MID-SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES ............... 130-179
4.1 Buddhism of the Eastern and Western Mongolians up
to the mid-fifteenth century ......................... 130-146
4.2 The Development of Geluk Teaching among Oirats as
the Third Stage of the Buddhist Influence in
Nomadic Environment .................................. 146-157
4.3 The Oirats and the Establishment of the Geluk as
the Dominant School in the Mongolian Speaking World
and Tibet ............................................ 157-179
CHAPTER V.
SPECIFIC FEATURES OF OIRAT BUDDHISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES .... 180-224
5.1 Religion in the Oirat Political Ideology ............. 181-203
5.2 Buddhism and Nomad Society ........................... 203-224
CHAPTER VI.
TANTRISM AND SHAMANISM .................................... 225-249
6.1 Lama Anjja and development of Tantrism ............... 225-233
6.2 The Political Impact on Religion and Revival of
Shamanism ............................................ 233-249
CONCLUSION ................................................ 250-257
APPENDIX .................................................. 258-266
BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................. 267-302
GLOSSARY .................................................. 303-304
INDEX ..................................................... 305-324
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