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|TableOfContents=*{{i|Foreword by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse|xi}}
*{{i|Preface|xv}}

<center>Introduction</center>

*{{i|1. Prologue|3}}
*{{i|2. Canon Formation|11}}
*{{i|3. Vaitulya/Mahayana Dharmaparyas|47}}
*{{i|4. In Praise of the Buddha|67}}
*{{i|5. The Structure of This Book|97}}
*{{i|6. Style and Content: The Tribulations of Translation|143}}
*{{i|7. Reading the Dharmaparayayas|153}}

<center>The Translations</center>

*I. DOGMA, DHARMA, AND RITUAL
**{{i|1. Four Dharmas Not to Be Taken for Granted|163}}
***''Caturdharmaka-sutra''
**{{i|2. The Benefits of Giving|171}}
***''Dananusamsanirdesa''
**{{i|3. The Exposition of Four Dharmas|181}}
***''Caturdharmanirdesa''
**{{i|4. The Merit of the Three Refuges|189}}
***''Trisaranagamana''
**{{i|5. Four Dharmas Never to Be Abandoned|199}}
***''Caturdharmaka-sutra''
**{{i|6. Advice for Bodhisatva Dharmaketu|207}}
***''Dharmaketu-sutra''
**{{i|7. Advice for Bodhisatva Jayamati|213}}
***''Jayamati-sutra''
**{{i|8. Sūtra Comparing Bodhicitta to Gold|221}}
***''Suvarna-sutra''
**{{i|9. Bodhisatva Maitreya’s Question about the Gift of the Dharma|227}}
***''Maitreya-pariprccha''
**{{i|10. Four Summaries of the Dharma Spoken to the Nāga King Sāgara|235}}
***''Sagaranagaraja-pariprccha''
**{{i|11. The Stanza of Dependent Arising|247}}
***''Pratityasamutpada-sutra''
**{{i|12. The Heart Formula of Dependent Arising|269}}
***''Pratityasamutpadahrdaya''

*II. MARVELOUS CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND GODS
**{{i|13. Prediction of the Boy Brahmaśrī’s Future Buddhahood|277}}
***''Brahmasri-vyakarana''
**{{i|14. Kṣemavatī’s Prediction to Future Buddhahood|285}}
***''Ksemavati-vyakarana''
**{{i|15. The City Beggar Woman|297}}
***''Nagaravalambika-sutra''
**{{i|16. An Old Woman’s Questions about Birth and Death|315}}
***''Mahallika-pariprccha''
**{{i|17. The Questions of Śrīmatī the Brahman Woman|331}}
***''Srimatibrahmani-pariprccha''
**{{i|18. The Questions of the Laywoman Gaṅgottarā|341}}
***''Gangottara-pariprccha''
**{{i|19. Brahmā Sahāṃpati’s Question|353}}
***''Brahma-pariprccha''

*III. CONVERSATIONS WITH KINGS
**{{i|20. Advice to King Prasenajit|373}}
***''Rajavavadaka-sutra''
**{{i|21. Passage to the Next Life|393}}
***''Bhavasamkranti''
**{{i|22. Instructions for King Bimbisāra|409}}
***''Rajadesa-sutra''
**{{i|23. Instructions for King Udayana|429}}
***''Rajadesa-sutra''

*IV. THE RANGE OF THE BUDDHAS
**{{i|24. Buddhas as Rare as a Grain of Golden Sand|439}}
***''Suvarnabalukopama-sutra''
**{{i|25. Predictions on the Eve of the Great Final Nirvāṇa|451}}
***''Mahaparinirvanasutra''

*Appendixes	
**{{i|1. Vacillations of Dating|469}}
**{{i|2. Conventions	|481}}
**{{i|3. Tibetan Titles|495}}
**{{i|4. Tibetan Concordances|499}}
**{{i|5. Chinese Parallels|505}}

*{{i|Abbreviations|509}}
*{{i|Notes|511}}
*{{i|Bibliography|585}}
*{{i|Index|642}}
*{{i|About the Author|655}}
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