Tibetan Sādhanas from Dunhuang
This course will involve the close reading of tenth century Tibetan manuscripts discovered in the famous Library Caves in Dunhuang. We will focus on several sādhanas associated with the Yoga and Mahāyoga tantric classes. In addition to considering how these specific manuscripts relate to each other, we will examine these long-unread texts for what they can tell us about the development of tantric ritual in eighth century India.