Introduction to tantra : the transformation of desire / Lama Thubten Yeshe ; compiled and edited by Jonathan Landaw ; foreword by Philip Glass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thubten Yeshe, 1935-1984, author.

Contributor:

Landaw, Jonathan, editor.

Glass, Philip, writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tantric Buddhism--Doctrines.

Tantric Buddhism.

Spiritual life--Tantric Buddhism.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

xvi, 161 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Wisdom Publications, [2014].

Summary:

What is tantra? Who is qualified to practice it? How should it be practiced? What are the results? Lama Yeshe presents tantra as a practice leading to joy and self-discovery, with a vision of reality that is simple, clear, and relevant to twenty-first-century life. Introduction to Tantra is the ideal entry to this highly regarded Buddhist practice. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Basic Purity 1

2 Desire and Happiness 7

3 Pleasure, Disappointment, and Fulfillment 17

4 Overthrowing the Tyranny of Ordinary Appearances 29

5 Emerging from Dissatisfaction 39

6 Opening the Heart 45

7 Dissolving Self-Created Limitations 57

8 Clear Spaciousness of Mind 69

9 Inspiration and the Guru 83

10 Entering Highest Tantric Practice 99

11 Arising as a Deity 117

12 Final Accomplishment 131.

Notes:

First published in 1987.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1614291551

9781614291558

OCLC:

862928396