Guide to Dakini Land: The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Buddha Vajrayogini"Guide to Dakini Land" is the first complete explanation in English of the Tantric practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha of wisdom. Geshe Kelsang provides detailed instructions on the eleven yogas of generation stage, which are special methods for transforming all our daily activities into a blissful spiritual path; and he also explains with great clarity the essential completion stage practices of Vajrayogini, which lead to full enlightenment. Included are all the sadhanas of Vajrayogini, advice on how to do a Tantric retreat, and a wealth of additional material that will be indispensable to anyone wishing to rely upon Buddha Vajrayogini. |
Contents
Preliminary Explanation | 1 |
The Yogas of Sleeping Rising and Experiencing | 27 |
The Yoga of Immeasurables | 41 |
The Yoga of the Guru | 81 |
The Yoga of Selfgeneration and the Yoga | 109 |
The Yoga of being Blessed by Heroes and Heroines | 129 |
The Actual Generation Stage Meditation | 155 |
The Yoga of Verbal and Mental Recitation | 163 |
How to Attain Outer Pure Dakini Land through | 205 |
Completion Stage | 213 |
Dedication | 228 |
Sadhanas | 241 |
Diagrams and Illustrations | 489 |
Glossary | 505 |
Study Programmes of Kadampa Buddhism | 521 |
The Yoga of Inconceivability and the Yoga | 183 |
Other editions - View all
Guide to Dakini Land: The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Buddha Vajrayogini Kelsang Gyatso No preview available - 1996 |
Guide to Dakini Land: The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Buddha Vajrayogini Kelsang Gyatso No preview available - 1996 |
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AGNIYE AHDIBÄ AHDIBÄ AH HUM SÖHA AHDIBÄ AHDIBÄ AMBISHA AHDIBÄ AMBISHA AMBISHA AHRGHAM AMBISHA AMBISHA MAHA AMBISHA MAHA SHRIYE blessings bliss and emptiness bodhichitta Bodhisattva body mandala burning offering central channel centre charnel grounds clear light close retreat completion stage Deity DHUPE dissolve emanate empowerment exalted wisdom excess and omission fire GÄNDHE Ghantapa go for refuge Goddesses Guru yoga HAMBÄ KABÄ BAHA heart Heroines Heruka Highest Yoga Tantra HUM HUM PHAT HUM OM VAJRA inner offering Je Tsongkhapa KABÄ BAHA NAYE letter BAM MAHA SHRIYE HAMBÄ mandala mantra mind mudra nectar outer offerings PARTITZA HUM SÖHA path phenomena source practice practitioners Pure Dakini Land Pure Land purified root Guru sadhana samsara SAPARIWARA self-generation SHÄNTING KURUYE SÖHA SHRIYE HAMBÄ KABÄ skullcup SÖBHAWA SHUDDHO SÖHA OM VAJRA stage meditation supreme Tantric Tathagatas Three Jewels torma transform Truth Body tsog offering tummo Vajradharma Vajrasattva Vajravarahi Vajrayogini Venerable Vajrayogini visualize winds Yidams Yoginis