The secrets of Tantric Buddhism
Subtitle: understanding the ecstasy of enlightenment
By: Thomas Cleary
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781578635689
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Tantric Buddhism
Description: Unlocking the secrets of Tantra-one of the most alluring forms of Buddhism. Often misunderstood, Tantrism focuses on a particular style of meditation and ritual. Having far more to do with the sacred than the sexual, Tantric Buddhism is believed to have originated around the 5th Century AD in the rich cultural basin of Bengal and spread throughout the Asian world. Today it is widely practiced in Tibet, Japan, and the West. The Secrets of Tantric Buddhism presents accessible translations of 46 classic texts found in the Carya-Giti, a collection of teachings by more than twenty famous Siddhas, or Tantric adepts, who lived during the illustrious Pala dynasty of the 10th and 11th centuries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Originally published : Weiser Books, ©1998, under title: The ecstasy of enlightenment.
Table of contents: title: Origins of Tantric Buddhism; title: 1. Lui: The body is a tree; title: 2. Kukkuri: Having milked the turtle; title: 3. Viruba: A single wine-making woman; title: 4. Guntari: Pressing the three channels; title: 5. Catila: The flow of existence; title: 6. Bhusuku: Of what is taken; title: 7. Kahnu: The road was blocked; title: 8. Kambalambara: The boat of compassion; title: 9. Kahnu: The pillar so firm; title: 10. Kahnu: Outside the city; title: 11. Krishna: The energy in the channels; title: 12. Krishna: I play a game; title: 13. Krishna: The Three Refuges; title: 14. Dombi: Between the Ganges; title: 15. Shanti: On discerning analysis; title: 16. Mahidhara: In three bursts; title: 17. Vina: The moon is joined; title: 18. Krishnavajra: I traverse the three; title: 19. Krishna: Being and nirvana; title: 20. Kukkuri: I am without hope; title: 21. Bhusuku: In the dark of night; title: 22. Saraha: One contructs being; title: 23. Shanti: Carding the cotton; title: 24. Bhusuku: The lotus blooms; title: 25. Shabara: High, high the mountain; title: 26. Lui: Being does not exist; title: 27. Bhusuku: The clouds of compassion; title: 28. Aryadeva: Where the wind; title: 29. Saraha: No dot, no cresent; title: 30. Dhendhana: My house has no neighbor; title: 31. Darika: By the practice of nonseparateness; title: 32. Bhade: So long have I been; title: 33. Krishnacarya: The arm of emptiness; title: 34. Taraka: I have no self; title: 35. Saraha: The body is a boat; title: 36. Saraha: When your mind is split; title: 37. Kahnu: For one whose mind-field; title: 38. Bhusuku: This world is nonexistent; title: 39. Kahnu: Emptiness is filled; title: 40. Bhusuku: The tree of nature; title: 41. Kanakana: When the void joins; title: 42. Kahnu: The mind is a tree; title: 43. Jayanandi: Like a mirror looked; title: 44. Dharma: Lotus and Lightning; title: 45. Bhusuku: Crossing over; title: 46. Sabara: Void upon void; title: Notes; title: Select bibliography.