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9780861710201

The Tantric Path of Purification

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  • ISBN13:

    9780861710201

  • ISBN10:

    0861710207

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-09-01
  • Publisher: Wisdom Pubns
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Summary

Explained here is one of the most powerful purification practices from the vast array of Buddhist meditations.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Editor's Introduction xix
Introduction xxiii
PART 1: THE MAIN COMMENTARY 1(66)
Why and How We Purify
3(12)
The four opponent powers
6(3)
Karma
9(6)
Taking Refuge
15(14)
Taking refuge and generating bodhicitta
17(7)
Visualizing the object of refuge
24(2)
The three ways of taking refuge
26(3)
Inner Refuge and Meditation on Emptiness
29(14)
Understanding sunyata
29(6)
Generating bodhicitta
35(3)
The vase meditation: the nine-round breathing exercise
38(5)
The Actual Yoga Method
43(14)
The initial visulization
43(5)
Making offerings to Heruka Vajrasattva
48(4)
The initiation
52(3)
Offerings and praise to Heruka Vajrasattva
55(2)
The Purification
57(6)
Mantra recitation
58(5)
The Concluding Practices
63(4)
Dedication
66(1)
PART 2: RETREAT INSTRUCTIONS 67(32)
Getting Ready for Retreat
69(12)
Qualifications for retreat
69(1)
Where to retreat
69(2)
When to start retreat
71(1)
Some general preparations
72(1)
What to eat
73(1)
Cleaning the retreat place
74(1)
The meditation seat
74(2)
The rosary
76(1)
Arranging the altar
76(5)
The Retreat Session
81(8)
The daily schedule
81(1)
Just before the session
82(1)
Beginning the session
83(1)
Sessions in general
84(1)
The sadhana
85(1)
Mantra recitation
85(2)
Ending the session
87(2)
More Retreat Advice
89(10)
Between sessions
89(3)
Retreat in general
92(4)
Group retreat
96(1)
Conclusion
97(2)
PART 3: DISCOURSES 99(58)
No Negativity Cannot Be Completely Purified
101(6)
An Initiation Into Heruka Vajrasattva
107(12)
The Heruka Vajrasattva initiation
110(9)
A Brief Commentary on the Vajrasattva Sadhana
119(12)
The Sadhana
121(4)
Questions and answers
125(3)
Retreat
128(1)
Fire puja
129(2)
Vajrasattva Practice and Highest Yoga Tantra
131(10)
The Qualities of Vajrasattva are Already within Us
141(8)
Action is Everything
149(8)
PART 4: HERUKA VAJRASATTVA TSOK 157(56)
What is Tsok?
159(2)
Heruka Vajrasattva Tsok: The First Commentary
161(12)
Heruka Vajrasattva Tsok: The Second Commentary
173(40)
APPENDICES 213(74)
1 The Yoga Method of the Glorious Supreme Heruka Vajrasattva
215(14)
2 The Heruka Vajrasattva Tsok Offering
229(22)
3 Tibetan Texts
251(28)
4 Translation and Explanation of the One Hundred Syllable Mantra
279(2)
5 Blessing the Shi-Dak Torma
281(6)
Notes 287(8)
Glossary 295(12)
Chronology 307(2)
Suggested Further Reading 309

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