Tantra

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Title

Tantra

Author

Tashi Tsering, Geshe

Published

Boston : Wisdom Publications, 2012

Language

English

ISBN

9781614290117

Notes

List of Tables; Publisher's Acknowledgment; Foreword; Preface; -- 1. The Uniqueness of Tantra; Sutra and Tantra; Tantra and the Mahayana; The Prerequisites; The Vajrayana Was Taught by the Buddha; Vajrayana and Its Many Names; The Unique Features of Vajrayana; The Four Complete Purities; Vajrayana Combines Method and Wisdom; Deity Yoga; Practicing Deity Yoga; The Three Aspects of Deity Yoga; Utilizing Afflictive Emotions on the Path -- 2. Entering the Vajrayana; The Door to the Vajrayana; The Vajra Master and the Vajra Disciple; Guru Yoga; The Initiation; The Purpose of an Initiation. The Preliminary Stages of an InitiationThe Main Initiation; The Mandala; Vows and Commitments -- 3. The Lower Tantras; The Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra; Internal and External Activities; Subduing the Vital Wind; Yoga with Sign; The Concentration of the Four Branches of Recitation; The Concentrations of Abiding in Fire and Abiding in Sound; Yoga without Sign -- 4. Practicing Kriya Tantra; A Kriya Tantra Sadhana; Offerings; The Sadhana; Refuge and Purification; The Purification of the Place; Visualizing the Merit Field; The Seven-Limb Prayer and Mandala Offering. The Main Deity PracticePranayama; A Passport to a New Universe -- 5. Preparation for Highest Yoga Tantra; The Many Deities within Vajrayana; An Overview of the Generation Stage; Preparation for Practicing the Generation Stage; Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth; The Eight Dissolutions of Ordinary Death; The Ordinary Intermediate State; The Ordinary Rebirth; The Four Levels of Achievement -- 6. Practicing the Generation Stage; Before the Actual Practice; The Three Components of the Guhyasamaja Sadhana; The Yoga of Taking Death as the Dharmakaya into the Path; The Eight Dissolutions. The Base, Path, and Result in the Death PracticeThe Yoga of Taking the Intermediate State as the Sambhogakaya into the Path; The Base, Path, and Result in the Bardo Practice; The Yoga of Taking Rebirth as Nirmanakaya into the Path -- 7. The Nature of the Body and Mind; Coarse, Subtle, and Very Subtle Body and Mind; Channels, Chakras, Winds, and Drops; Channels; Chakras; Loosening the Knots; Winds; Drops; The Enlightenment Process; Emptiness and Bliss; Emptiness, Bliss, and the Meaning of Evam; The Union of Emptiness and Great Bliss -- 8. The Six Levels of the Completion Stage; Physical Isolation. The Actual Meditation of Physical IsolationThe Post-Meditation Session; Tumo Practice; Verbal Isolation; The Mantra-Drop Meditation; The Light-Drop Meditation; The Substance-Drop Meditation; Mental Isolation; The Two Levels of Mental Isolation; The Action Seal; The Illusory Body; Clear Light; Union; Learner's Union; Non-Learner's Union; No-More Learning -- Appendix 1 The Inseparability of the Guru and Avalokiteshvara -- Appendix 2 The Six Deities Within the Nyungne Practice -- Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors; The Foundation of Buddhist Thought.

Subjects

• Tantric Buddhism