A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages
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A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages

Teachings on Guhyasamaja Tantra

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eBook - ePub

A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages

Teachings on Guhyasamaja Tantra

About this book

Tsongkhapa's A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages (1419) is a comprehensive presentation of the highest yoga class of Buddhist tantra, especially the key practices - the so-called five stages (pancakrama) - of the advanced phase of Guhyasamaja tantra. Beginning with a thorough examination of the Indian sources, Tsongkhapa draws particularly from the writings of Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Candrakirti, and Naropa to develop a definitive understanding of the Vajrayana completion stage. Whereas in the generation stage, meditators visualize the Buddha in the form of the deity residing in a mandala palace, in the completion stage discussed in the present volume, meditators transcend ordinary consciousness and actualize the state of a buddha themselves. Among other things, Tsongkhapa's work covers the subtle human physiology of channels and winds along with the process of dying, the bardo, and rebirth. This definitive statement on Guhyasamaja tantra profoundly affected the course of Buddhist practice in Tibet.

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Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780861714544
eBook ISBN
9781614290353
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Asian Literary Collections

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. General Editor’s Preface
  6. Translator’s Introduction
  7. Technical Note
  8. A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages: Core Teachings on the Glorious Guhyasamāja, King of Tantras
  9. Part 1. Divisions of Highest Yoga Tantra
  10. Part 2. The Path of Guhyasamāja
  11. Part 3. The Divisions of the Completion Stage
  12. Part 4. Body Isolation
  13. Part 5. Speech Isolation
  14. Part 6. Mind Isolation
  15. Part 7. The Conventional-Truth Illusory Body
  16. Part 8. The Ultimate-Truth Clear Light
  17. Part 9. The Stage of Union
  18. Part 10. Tantric Activities
  19. Colophon and Dedication
  20. Table of Tibetan Transliteration
  21. Notes
  22. Glossary
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. About the Contributors
  26. The Institute of Tibetan Classics
  27. The Library of Tibetan Classics
  28. Become a Benefactor of the Library of Tibetan Classics
  29. About Wisdom Publications

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