Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Stein Collection at the British Library

by Jacob Dalton, Sam Van Schaik

This heavily indexed descriptive catalogue provides an indispensable doorway into the Tibetan Dunhuang collections. Its publication promises to make possible many further studies of these long-neglected treasures, particular those relating to the esoteric traditions of tantric Buddhism.

424 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Jacob Paul Dalton, Ph.D. (Buddhist Studies, University of Michigan, 2002; B.A., Marlboro College, 1993) is the first Khyentse Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and South and Southeast Asian Studies Chair at the University of California at Berkeley. Previously, he was a professor at Yale University and a researcher at the British Library.

Dalton's research focuses on Nyingma religious history, tantric ritual, early Tibetan paleography, and the Dunhuang manuscripts.