Preface. 1. Introduction/Shanker Thapa. 2. Continuity and changes in the Buddhism of Taiwan/Anita Sharma. 3. rDzogs chen or Atiyoga: the Tibetan tradition of the great perfection/Jean-Luc Achard. 4. Thoughts and historical events: self-scepticism in Upanisads and Buddhist concept of Anatman/Katrin Seele. 5. The rise and decline of Buddhism in Central Asia/Keith A. Leitich. 6. Japanese Pure land Buddhism: some minor movements in the pure land tradition/Ken'ichi ...