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Ornament of stainless light : an exposition of the kālacakra tantra / Khedrup Norsang Gyatso ; translated by Gavin Kilty.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Tibetan Series: The library of Tibetan classics ; v. 14Boston, Mass. : Wisdom Publications, in association with the Institute of Tibetan Classics, c2004Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 709 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0861714520 (hd. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/85 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ8921.K34 N67 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. The external world: The three themes of Kālacakra tantra ; Formation of the world and its dimensions ; The inhabitants of this world ; The stars and the planets ; Resolving contradictions between Kālacakra, and Abhidharma cosmology -- pt. 2. The inner world of sentient beings: The development of the body ; Channels, winds, and drops ; Discrepancies between Kālacakra other tantras -- pt. 3. Initiations: Qualifications of master and disciple ; Description of the mandala ; The initiations ; The seven childhood initiations ; The four higher initiations ; The higher-than-high initiations -- pt. 4. Sādhana, methods of accomplishment: The two stages ; The generation stage ; The two accumulations ; The body vajra ; Analysis of the colors of the lunar-day deities ; Resolving doubts concerning the process of generation ; The speech vajra ; The mind vajra ; The gnosis vajra -- pt. 5. Gnosis, the completion stage: The six-branched yoga ; Withdrawal, night yoga ; Withdrawal, day yoga ; The yoga of meditative absorption ; Pryāma, the yoga of the winds ; Vajra recitation ; Vase yoga ; The yoga of retention ; The yoga of recollection ; The yoga of meditative concentration ; The fruits of the two stages.
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"Author 2: Jinpa, Thupten"--Cip, data sheet.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [681]-692) and index.

pt. 1. The external world: The three themes of Kālacakra tantra ; Formation of the world and its dimensions ; The inhabitants of this world ; The stars and the planets ; Resolving contradictions between Kālacakra, and Abhidharma cosmology -- pt. 2. The inner world of sentient beings: The development of the body ; Channels, winds, and drops ; Discrepancies between Kālacakra other tantras -- pt. 3. Initiations: Qualifications of master and disciple ; Description of the mandala ; The initiations ; The seven childhood initiations ; The four higher initiations ; The higher-than-high initiations -- pt. 4. Sādhana, methods of accomplishment: The two stages ; The generation stage ; The two accumulations ; The body vajra ; Analysis of the colors of the lunar-day deities ; Resolving doubts concerning the process of generation ; The speech vajra ; The mind vajra ; The gnosis vajra -- pt. 5. Gnosis, the completion stage: The six-branched yoga ; Withdrawal, night yoga ; Withdrawal, day yoga ; The yoga of meditative absorption ; Pryāma, the yoga of the winds ; Vajra recitation ; Vase yoga ; The yoga of retention ; The yoga of recollection ; The yoga of meditative concentration ; The fruits of the two stages.