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Guardians of the Dharma
Table of Contents
Foreword by Tarthang Tulku
vii
Editors’ Introduction
ix
Acknowledgements and Permissions
Xiv
The Sixteen Arhats in Tibet
Joie Szu-Chiao Chen
1
Tales of the Noble Arhats
Adapted from the Arhat Narratives of Loden Sherap Dagyab
37
Glossary of Names in Tales of the Noble Arhats
129
Condensed to the Essentials: An Abridged Rite of Offering and Supplication to the Lord of Sages, the Sixteen Elders, and Their Retinues Compiled and composed by Yeshe Gyaltsen Translated from the Tibetan by Nathaniel Rich
143
A Brief Practice of Paying Homage and Making Offerings to the Sixteen Elders by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Translated from the Tibetan by Adam Pearcey
179
Unusual Immortals: Less Common Iconography of Sixteen Arhat Thangkas Ariana Maki
211
Images of the Sixteen Arhats: the BDP Bhutanese Collection
245
Contributors
267