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Product Identifiers
PublisherAmerican Institute of Buddhist Studies
ISBN-100975373447
ISBN-139780975373446
eBay Product ID (ePID)27069193868
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameKalacakra Tantra : the Chapter on the Sadhana Together with the Vimalaprabha Commentary
LanguageEng,San,Mon
SubjectSoutheast Asian Languages (See Also Vietnamese), Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist)
Publication Year2011
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorVesna A. Wallace
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Religion
SeriesTreasury of the Buddhist Sciences Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight23.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-075008
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsWith her intuitive sense, Wallace brings us a masterful translation, annotated with essential information and her compilation of the Mongolian Kalachakra sadhana chapter.
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Original LanguageTIB,SAN,MON
Dewey Decimal294.385
SynopsisThis is the first complete English translation of the fourth chapter of the esoteric Buddhist Kalacakratantra text, and its eleventh-century commentary, the Stainless Light . This chapter describes the Buddhist tantric practice of the stage of generation, including the instructions on the protection of the place of practice, the meditative practices of the origination of the body, and yogic practices of the stage of generation. The translation is supplemented with copious annotations and references to Tibetan commentaries and other Buddhist works., This is the first complete English translation of the fourth chapter of the esoteric Buddhist Kalacakra Tantra text and its eleventh-century commentary, the Stainless Light (Vimalaprabha) . Building upon the Chapter on the Cosmos and particularly the Chapter on the Individual (AIBS, 2004)--which provide the theoretical background to the Chapter on Sadhana , and the reasons for the given structure and contents of the Kalacakra sadhana practice--this fourth chapter illuminates the intricate connection between the practice of the Kalacakra sadhana and the Kalacakra Tantra's worldview. This fourth chapter describes Buddhist Tantric generation stage practices ( utpatti-krama ), including instructions on protecting the place of practice, the meditative practices of the origination of the body and the deities abiding in the body, and the diverse mundane sadhanas designed to induce the mundane siddhis . It then also describes the more advanced Buddhist Tantric completion stage practices ( sampatti-krama ), designed to lead directly to the attainment of buddhahood, called here the "Adibuddha" (Primordial Buddha). The translation is supplemented with annotations and references to Tibetan commentaries and other esoteric Buddhist works. It also includes the first critical edition of the Mongolian version of the fourth chapter. Published by American Institute of Buddhist Studies (AIBS)
LC Classification NumberBQ7699.K34M3613 2010
