CANDRAGOMIN AND THE BODHISATTVA VCW by MARK JOSEPH TATZ M.A., University of Washington, 1972 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY m THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA September, 1978 (|> Mark Joseph Tatz, 1978