Preparing for Tantra Creating the Psychological Ground for Practice

by Preece, Rob

• ISBN13: 9781559393775
• ISBN10: 1559393777
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-16
• Publisher: Snow Lion

Summary

The preliminary practices of Tantra aren't a hurdle to be gotten through in order to get somewhere else; they're an extraordinarily rich collection of practices which have much to offer as a means of cultivating and maturing the practitioner's psychological ground. They can enable experiences to unfold, and they can clear the way when there seem to be problems or hindrances practitioners are struggling with.

Author Biography

Rob Preece has been practicing Tibetan Buddhism since 1973 and psycho therapy since 1988. He leads meditation retreats and gives workshops or comparative Jungian and Buddhist psychology. He is the author of the Courage to Feel and The Wisdom of Imperfection.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Psychological Ground
Groundwork	p. 9
Purification	p. 17
Accumulation	p. 29
In the Shadow of Goodness	p. 35
Surrender An Act of Individuation	p. 43
Bodywork	p. 49
The Question of Therapy	p. 57
The Alchemical Vessel	p. 63
The Preliminaries
Refuge	p. 73
Bodhichitta	p. 85
Guru Yoga	p. 93
Prostrations	p. 107
The Mandala Offering	p. 117
Vajrasattva	p. 131
Dorje Khadro	p. 147
Samayavajra	p. 157
Water Bowls	p. 165
Tsatsa	p. 171
Going Forward
Signs and Symptoms	p. 179
Where Next on the Journey	p. 187
Creative Foudatations	p. 193
Glossary	p. 197
Notes	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 207
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