Tantric ethics : an explanation of the precepts for Buddhist Vajrayāna practice / Tsongkhapa ; translated by Gareth Sparham ; foreword by Jeffrey Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa, 1357-1419

Contributor:

Sparham, Gareth.

Language:

English

Tibetan

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life--Tantric Buddhism--Early works to 1800.

Spiritual life.

Buddhist ethics--Early works to 1800.

Buddhist ethics.

Tantric Buddhism--Discipline--Early works to 1800.

Tantric Buddhism.

Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

Buddhism.

Discipline.

Spiritual life--Tantric Buddhism.

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Physical Description:

x, 189 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Wisdom edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Wisdom Publications, [2005]

Summary:

Tantra constitutes the fabric of a Tibetan Buddhist's daily practice, but no practice of tantra can be successful without adherence to the tantric precepts, or vows. Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Dalai Lama's tradition, is perhaps the greatest philosopher ever produced by Tibet's Buddhist culture, and remains a figure of immense significance. This book is the first English translation of his explanation of the tantric precepts.

Contents:

Proclamation

Taking Tantric vows

Vows and consecrations

Root downfalls

How to keep a Tantric ordination

Gross downfalls, and the downfalls in the kālacakra system.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-177) and index.

"The full title is: Fruit clusters of siddhis, an explanation of the way Bodhisattvas following the Bodhisattva's way of life by means of secret mantra should make their training in morality completely pure"--Introd.

ISBN:

0861712900

OCLC:

60664335