Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery. By Kenneth G. Zysk. Oxford University Press: New York, 1991. 200 pp. $35.00 (hardcover). The Buddhist tales about the legendary Indian physician, Jivaka, recount examples of…

Debate in Tibetan Buddhism By Daniel Perdue. Snow Lion: Ithaca, 1992. 1,025 pp. $45.00 (hardcover). Debate is the investigative technique used in Tibetan monastic education to lead students through the intricacies of Buddhist philosophy, to sharpen…

Dakini Teachings, Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, Transmission of the Light, Discourse on the Fruits of Recluseship, and The Practice of the Kalachakra