Kalachakra tanta : rite of initiation / his holiness the Dalai Lama

Book

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Dharma Centre of Canada: Archive

Name/Title

Kalachakra tanta : rite of initiation / his holiness the Dalai Lama

Entry/Object ID

BQ8921 .K34 B77 1999

Tags

Suggested Keepers & NR recommended - RW

Secondary Title

Kālachakra tantra : rite of initiation : for the stage of generation : a commentary on the text of Kay-drup-ge-leg-bel-sang-bo

Description

Contents: Introduction / Jeffrey Hopkins ; Altruistic Purification ; Deity Yoga : The Special Tantric Technique ; Motivation: The Thirty-Seven Practices ; Emptiness Yoga ; History of the Kalachakra Tantra ; Initiations and Mandalas ; Procedure of the Enhancement ; Procedure of the Initiations ; The Texts ; The Author of the Mandala Rite ; The Author of the Commentary ; Motivation and ; Internal Initiation ; Supplication and Faith ; Vows and Blessing ; Tooth-Stick, Water, Kusha Grass, and Thread ; Six Lineages and Vajrasattva ; Enthusiasm and Dreams ; Structure ; Outside the Curtain ; Seeing the Mandala ; Water Initiation ; Crown Initiation ; Silk Ribbon Initiation ; Vajra and Bell Initiation ; Conduct Initiation ; Name Initiation ; Permission Initiation and Appendages ; Understanding the Time of Attainment ; Advice to Abandon the Root Infractions ; Prayer-Wishes Daily Practice ; Guru Yoga of Kalachakra in Connection with the Six Sessions in Completely Facilitating Form ; Six Session Yoga ; Abbreviated Six Session Yoga ; Mantras in the Kalachakra Initiation, Stage of Generation

Dimensions

Dimension Description

527 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Book Details

Author

Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV

Editor

Jeffrey Hopkins

Publication Translator

Jeffrey Hopkins

Edition

New enlarged edition

Publisher

Wisdom Publications

Place Published

City

Boston

Date Published

1999

Publication Subjects

Kālacakra (Tantric rite) -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Tantra. Kālacakratantra -- Criticism, interpretation, etc

Call No.

BQ8921 .K34 B77 1999

ISBN

9780861711512, 0861711513