Tibetan Yoga and Its Secret Doctrines
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Tibetan Yoga and Its Secret Doctrines

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Tibetan Yoga and Its Secret Doctrines

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This volume provides a faithful account of the yogic practices which Milarepa, the best known of the Tibetan yogins, successfully put to the test of practice. It explores some of the Kargylitpa School's chief doctrines from Indian Buddhistic sources.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781136191954
Edition
1
INDEX
Black-type figures indicate the chief references, most of which may be used as a Glossary.
A, 180, 1801, 191, 1912, 192, 1921, 193, 1933, 1992, 2021, 203, 205.
— Mother of All Wisdom, 348.
Á, 180, 1811.
Ā, 180, 1801.
Abhidhamma, 121, 1211, 343.
Abhidhamma Pitaka, 3321.
Abhimukhin, 2311.
Absolute, the, 851.
— As inherent in phenomena, 351–352.
Abyssinian Church, the, 36.
Achala, 2311.
Aconite, 82.
Actions, Past Effects of, 71.
— Right, 69.
Adam’s Apple, 1175.
Ādi, the, 58.
Ādi-Buddha, see Buddha.
Ādi-Yoga School, vi, 3142.
Affluence, Not to be Avoided, 70.
Afghanistan, 155.
After-Death State, Yoga of, see Yoga (Six Doctrines).
Age, 347.
Aggregates, the Five, 200, 226, 2262, 335–337, 3561, 3562.
— of Consciousness, 337, 356.
— of Feelings, 337.
— of Matter, 335–337.
— of Touch, 337.
— of Volition, 337.
Ah, 1801.
Ăh, 1243, 127, 1271, 217, 2173, 226–8, 2422, 2491, 312, 3202.
Ahimsā, 772.
Ăh-Nŭ-Tă- Ră- Hūm Mantra, 228, 2422.
Ai, 1801.
Air (prāna), 118, 1187, 1264, 2263, 2352, 306n, 347.
Air, Green Colour of.179n.
— Sound of, 242–3.
— Transparency and Motion essential Properties of, 1961.
Akanishtha Heaven, 12, 44, 943, 2502, 264, 2641, 272.
Akshayamati Sūtra, the, 298.
Akshobhya, see Buddha (Dhyānī). Akshshayamaii, Questions of, 361, 3611. Alaksana, 353. Allahabad, 2861. All Fulfilling Wisdom,
Goddess of, visualized, 301
— Tiara of, 1744, 305, 3054.
All-Knowledge, the, 1152.
All-Mind, the, 98, 1343.
All-Truth, 962, 981.
All-Voidness, Clear Light of, 206,...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyrights
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Contents
  8. Description of Illustrations
  9. Foreword: From the Celtic Faith in Fairies to the Tibetan Science of Yoga
  10. General Introduction
  11. Book I The Supreme Path of Discipleship: The Precepts of the Gurus
  12. Book II The Nirvānic Path: The Yoga of the Great Symbol
  13. Book III The Path of Knowledge : The Yoga of the Six Doctrines
  14. Book IV The Path of Transference: The Yoga of Consciousness-Transference
  15. Book V The Path of the Mystic Sacrifice: The Yoga of Subduing the Lower Self
  16. Book VI The Path of the Five Wisdoms: The Yoga of the Long HūM
  17. Book VII The Path of the Transcendental Wisdom: The Yoga of the Voidness
  18. Index