<p>A study of <em>The Book of the Kadam[pa Tradition]</em> (bka' gdams glegs bam) with special attention paid to the practice of the "Sixteen Spheres" (thig le bcu drug). The paper looks into the transmission of the text and the practice, and their influence on Avalokiteśvara related practices and iconography.</p>
<p>This article traces the history of a text titled <em>Zhus lan bdud rtsi sman mchog</em> as a way of examining the relationship between the Nyingmapa (rnying ma pa) teacher Lhodrak Drupchen (lho brag grub chen) and his famous student Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa), founder of the Gelukpa (dge lugs pa) school of Tibetan Buddhism. The author draws largely on the writtings of Lhodrak Drupchen. (Ben Deitle 2006-02-23)</p>
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