The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: The Creation Stage of the Guhyasamaja Tantra According to Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen by Bentor, Yael

The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: The Creation Stage of the Guhyasamaja Tantra According to Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781614294825)

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The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: The Creation Stage of the Guhyasamaja Tantra According to Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen by Bentor, Yael

The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: The Creation Stage of the Guhyasamaja Tantra According to Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen

$44.95
The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: The Creation Stage of the Guhyasamaja Tantra According to Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen by Bentor, Yael

The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments: The Creation Stage of the Guhyasamaja Tantra According to Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen

$44.95
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive guide to the creation stage of the Guhyasamaja.

The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments (Dngos grub rgya mtsho'i snying po) is a commentary on the creation stage of the Guhyasamaja Tantra written by the illustrious Panchen Lama, Losang Ch kyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662). The practice of Guhyasamaja, one of the earliest and most influential of the highest Tantras, along with its remarkable hermeneutic system, created a framework that was applied to other so-called unexcelled Tantras. Still very much a living tradition, in our time the Fourteenth Dalai Lama confers its empowerment every year. In this work, the Panchen Lama not only clarifies each step of the sadhana meditation ritual, but he also offers general insights into the practice and its workings. It is an Essence because it distills the much longer Ocean of Attainments commentary on the practice composed by Khedrup J (1385-1438), one of two key disciples of Tsongkhapa, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism's Geluk school. The Panchen Lama identifies core elements of sadhana and with unparalleled precision clarifies many seminal points.

In her introduction, Yael Bentor surveys the creation stage of unexcelled Tantra as presented by the founding fathers of the Geluk school and unpacks the contents of The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments for readers. The translation features both explanatory annotations for practitioners and ample references for scholars.

Author: Yael Bentor, Penpa Dorjee
ISBN-10: 1614294828
ISBN-13: 9781614294825
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2019
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d
By Yael Bentor
By Yael Bentor
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Yael Bentor, professor emerita at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a scholar of Tibetan tantric Buddhism. Her research focuses on the crystallization of tantric traditions among Geluk scholars during the early fifteenth century in Tibet. Currently she is working on the Six Dharmas of Naropa as presented by Tsongkhapa vis-à-vis the standpoints of Kagyu scholars. She lives in Jerusalem, Israel.

Penpa Dorjee, until his retirement in 2020, was a professor and head librarian of Shantarakshita Library of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India. He received an acharya degree from Sampurnanada Sanskrit University in Varanasi and his PhD from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies. He has over seventeen books to his credit. At present, he is working on curriculum development for the Dalai Lama Centre for Tibetan and Ancient Indian Wisdom, Bodhgaya, India. He is also working on translating the Pali Tipitaka into Tibetan under the project initiated by The Dalai Lama Trust. He lives in Bylakuppe, India.

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