The Buddhist Tantras: A Guide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Buddhist Tantras: A Guide write by David B. Gray. This book was released on 2023-09-29. The Buddhist Tantras: A Guide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The tantric Buddhist traditions emerged in India beginning in the seventh century CE and flourished there until the demise of Buddhism in India circa the fifteenth century. These traditions were disseminated to Central, East, and Southeast Asia, and continue to be practiced, most notably in Nepal, Tibet and Japan, as well as in the numerous Tibetan traditions disseminated around the world by Tibetan masters living in diaspora. The central scriptures for these traditions were generally designated by the term tantra. Tantras are works that purport to relate secret teachings of the buddhas that enable awakening in as short as one lifetime. As such they are understood by their advocates to be the inspired speech of a buddha, and hence worthy of inclusion in the canons of Buddhist traditions. Over the past twenty years there has been considerable growth in the study of tantras as well as translations of these works into Western languages. This volume provides a detailed introduction to the Buddhist tantras. It addresses their development in India, their dissemination to Central, East and Southeast Asia, and their reception in these contexts. It introduces the key teachings in the tantras, as well as the history of their interpretation, and their connection to traditions of ritual, and contemplative practices. It also introduces the classification of the tantras and their place in Buddhist scriptural canons. It concludes with a look at the transgressive rhetoric that characterizes many of the tantras, the impact this had on their dissemination and translation, and the ways in which Buddhists explained this. It suggests that transgressive rhetoric and practices served an important role in Buddhist tantric traditions, which may be why they persist despite the challenges they have presented to the dissemination of these traditions.
Principles of Buddhist Tantra
Principles of Buddhist Tantra - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Principles of Buddhist Tantra write by Kirti Tsenshap. This book was released on 2011-05-01. Principles of Buddhist Tantra available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kirti Tsenshap Rinpoche was a renowned teacher of Tibetan Buddhism with students worldwide. Revered as a teacher by even the Dalai Lama, he was known especially as a master of Buddhist tantra, the powerful esoteric methods for attaining enlightenment swiftly. The teachings in this book are a singular record of his deep learning in that field. Originally delivered in California to a group of Western students, the teachings comment on a classic introduction to tantra by the nineteenth-century Mongolian lama Choje Ngawang Palden. The work, Illumination of the Tantric Tradition, is a staple even today of the curriculum for training young monastics. Kirti Tsenshap Rinpoche explains the distinctive features of the four classes of tantra--action tantra, performance tantra, yoga tantra, and highest yoga tantra--by describing the way to progress through their paths and levels. He illuminates key issues in tantric practice that are still a matter for debate within the tradition. Finally, he gives a special treatment of the unique methods of Kalacakra tantra, which is regularly taught around the globe by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Guide to the Deities of the Tantra
Guide to the Deities of the Tantra - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Guide to the Deities of the Tantra write by Vessantara. This book was released on 2013-09-27. Guide to the Deities of the Tantra available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Vessantara explains the key characteristics of the Tantra, introduces its many Deities, and explores its symbolism. This guide provides the foundations for a gradual and thorough understanding of Tantric Buddhism, encouraging confidence in the exploration of its many themes and lavish forms. Mantra recitation and colourful visualizations of the Deities lie at the heart of the Tantric practice and Vessantara provides beautiful meditations on each of the key figures while also explaining the reasoning, theory and history behind each practice.
Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia
Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia write by Charles Orzech. This book was released on 2011. Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume, the result of an international collaboration of forty scholars, provides a comprehensive resource on Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in their Chinese, Korean, and Japanese contexts from the first few centuries of the common era to the present.
The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part Four
The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part Four - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part Four write by Kong-sprul Blo-gros-mthaʼ-yas. This book was released on 2005-06-14. The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part Four available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Tibetan religious literature, Jamgon Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge stands out as a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were presented in Tibet.
