The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Book 14
The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Book 14
Title: THE COMPLETE NYINGMA TRADITION FROM SUTRA TO TANTRA
Secondary Title: Book 14 An Overview of Buddhist Tantra
Note from the Publisher: This is a restricted text meant to only be read by those who have completed the preliminary practices according to tantric Buddhist custom.
In 1838, Choying Tobden Dorje, a Buddhist yogi-scholar of eastern Tibet, completed a multivolume masterwork that traces the entire path of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism from beginning to end. Written by a lay practitioner for laypeople, it was intended to be accessible, informative, inspirational, and above all, practical. Its twenty-five books, or topical divisions, offer a comprehensive and detailed view of the Buddhist path according to the early translation school of Tibetan Buddhism, spanning the vast range of Buddhist teachings from the initial steps to the highest esoteric teachings of great perfection. Choying Tobden Dorje’s magnum opus appears in English here for the first time.
An Overview of Buddhist Tantra is the fourteenth volume from this collection and the first in the series to focus on tantra. Whereas previous volumes presented the general exoteric teachings of Buddhism, this work outlines the esoteric practice of tantra according to the Nyingma system. The author defines the parameters of tantra by dividing the work into outer and inner tantras, and concludes with explaining the result of the tantric path—enlightenment itself. Designed to be a companion for dedicated practitioners who receive direct instructions from a qualified teacher, this work is a comprehensive manual that provides the foundation for understanding the genuine and profound teachings of Buddhist tantra.
Author: Choying Tobden Dorje
Translator: Ngawang Zangpo
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (Boulder & London)
Style: Hardcover
Edition Print: 2017 (First Edition)
ISBN: 9781559394598
Pages: 416