Deity, mantra, and wisdom : development stage meditation in Tibetan Buddhist tantra

Description: This collection contains four of the most cherished Tibetan Buddhist commentaries on the practices of visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption. These three elements form the core of development stage meditation, one of the most important practices of Buddhist Tantra. The authors of these timeless classics - Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, and Getse Mahapandita - have all profoundly shaped Tibetan Buddhism with their vast scholarship and deep spiritual realization. In these eloquent and inspiring writings, they explain the fundamental philosophy of the development stage, showing not only its profound insights into the nature of reality, but also how to make this view a living experience through the practice of meditation. -- from back cover

Table of Contents: Foreword / Trulshik Rinpoche
Foreword / Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
Texts one and two -- Jigme Rinpoche and Patrul Chokyi Wangpo
The ladder to akaniṣṭha: instructions on the development stage and deity yoga / Jigme Lingpa
Clarifying the difficult points in the development stage and deity yoga / Patrul Chokyi Wangpo
Text three -- Patrul Chokyi Wangpo
The melody of Brahma reveling in the three realms: key points for meditating on the four stakes that bind the life-force / Patrul Chokyi Wangpo
Text four -- Getse Mahapandita Tsewang Chokdrub
The husks of unity: a clarification of the development stage rituals / Getse Mahāpaṇḍita Tsewang Chokdrub
Appendix A : visualizing the deity
Appendix B : topical outline for Ladder to Akanistha
Appendix C : topical outline for Husks of Unity
Abbreviations, glossary, English-Tibetan trnslation equivalents, texts cited, bibliography, index

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