The Elements of Tantric Practice

From Buddha-Nature



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Lua error in Module:GetBookValue at line 1: Module:BookData returned boolean, table expected.

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  • Foreword by Khenpo Lodrö Dönyö Rinpochévii
  • Translators’ Introduction1
  • The Root Text: The Elements of Tantric Practice
    • A General Exposition of the Process of Meditation
      in the Indestructible Way of Secret Mantra
      37
  • 1. A n Introduction to Tantric Meditation49
  • 2. The Phase of Creation59
  • 3. Entering Pristine Awareness67
  • 4. Visualization Sequences85
  • 5. The Bases of Purification, Purificatory Means,
        and Results of Purification
    107
  • 6. The Phase of Completion123
  • 7. Father Tantra Systems: Guhyasamaja,
        Black Yamari, and Red Yamari
    137
  • 8. Mother Tantra Systems: Kalachakra
        and Hevajra
    153
  • 9. Mother Tantra Systems: Chakrasamvara167
  • 10. Mother Tantra Systems: Chatuhpitha,
         Mahamaya, Buddhakapala, and Tara Yogini
    179
  • 11. The Key Elements191
  • 12. Luminous Clarity and the Completion
         Phase of Union
    207
  • Appendix: Outline of the Text217
  • Abbreviations221
  • Notes223
  • Bibliography of Works Cited by the Author411
  • Reference Bibliography425
  • Index449

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