"This study includes an introduction to the history and philosophy of the Ri-me movement; a biography of the movement's leader, Jamgön Kongtrül the Great; helpful summaries of the eight lineages' practice-and-study systems, which point out the different emphases of the schools; an explanation of the most hotly disputed concepts; and an overview of the old and new tantras.Jamgön Kongtrül the Great (1813-1899) is a giant in Tibetan history, renowned for his scholarly and meditative achievements, but also for his energetic yet evenhanded work to unify and strengthen the different lineages of Buddhism. The Ri-me movement, led by Kongtrül and several other leading scholars of the time, was a unifying effort to cut through interscholastic divisions and disputes that were occurring between the different lineages. This lucid survey of the Ri-me movement will be of interest to serious scholars and practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism."