Table of Contents

Leonard W.J. van der Kujip: The idea of Tulku (sprul sku) and the Genesis of the Dalai Lamas as a Religious and Institutional-political Concept; Shen Weirong: 1st Dalai Lama; Amy Heller: 2nd Dalai Lama; Nina Kollmar Paulenz: 3rd and 4th Dalai Lama; Kurtis Schaeffer: 5th Dalai Lama; Erberto Lo Bue: 6th Dalai Lama; Matthew Kapstein: 7th Dalai Lama and His Relations to the Qing Court; Derek F. Maher: 8th Dalai Lama; Derek F. Maher: 9th to 12th Dalai Lama; Elliot Sperling: The "Golden Urn" and Its Use by the Qing in the Recognition of the Dalai Lamas; Tsering Shakya: 13th Dalai Lama; Alex Norman: 14th Dalai Lama; Georges Dreyfus: From Protective Deities to International Stardom: 14th Dalai Lama's Stance towards Modernity and Buddhism; Fabienne Jagou: On the relations between the Panchen Lamas and Dalai Lamas; Amy Heller: The Protective Deities of the Dalai Lamas; Michael Henss: The Iconography of the Dalai Lama Representations; Martin Brauen: The Dalai Lamas Through the Eyes of Westerners; Peter Schwieger: Administrative Documents of the Office of the Dalai Lamas; Michael Henss: The Potala.