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Index
Highest Yoga Tantra
Copyright
Table of Contents
List of Charts
Technical Note
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part One Highest Yoga Tantra in the Context of Great Vehicle Buddhism
1 The Superiority of Secret Mantra
2 Paths Common to Sutra and Tantra
The Need for Renunciation
The Need for Compassion
The Need for Wisdom
3 Initiation
4 Pledges and Vows
Part Two The Stage of Generation of Highest Yoga Tantra
1 Features of the Stage of Generation
Yogas
Winds
Channels
Dissolution of Winds
The Power of Meditation
Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth
2 Divisions of the Stage of Generation
Coarse and Subtle Yogas
Three Meditative Stabilizations
Four Levels of Achievement
3 Calm Abiding and Special Insight
4 Divine Pride
5 Distinguishing Persons from Paths
Part Three The Stage of Completion of Highest Yoga Tantra
The Six Levels of the Stage of Completion
1 Physical Isolation
Etymology of Physical Isolation
Divisions of Physical Isolation
Meditation on a Subtle Drop
Fierce Woman
The White and Red Drops
The Four Empties
The Four Joys
Meditation on Emptiness with Bliss
Viewing Appearances As Bliss and Emptiness
Deities
Returning to Meditation on Emptiness
2 Verbal Isolation
Etymology of Verbal Isolation
Meditation on a Mantra Drop
Meditation on a Light Drop
Meditation on a Substance Drop
3 Mental Isolation
Two Conditions for Attaining Mental Isolation
The Four Empties and the Four Joys
4 Impure Illusory Body
The Coarse, the Subtle, and the Very Subtle
The Four Empties and the Illusory Body
Exemplification of the Illusory Body
5 Clear Light
Attaining Clear Light After Sutra Paths
Types of Clear Light
6 Learner’s Union
Bringing Death to the Path
Part Four A Comparison of the Kālachakra and Guhyasamāya Stages of Completion
1 Systems of Highest Yoga Tantra
2 Channels, Winds, and Drops
3 Levels of the Kālachakra Stage of Completion
Individual Withdrawal
Concentration
Vitality-Stopping
Retention
Subsequent Mindfulness
Meditative Stabilization
4 Summary of Differences with Respect to Practice
5 The Five Paths and Ten Grounds
Glossary, Bibliography, Notes, and Index
English-Sanskrit-Tibetan Glossary
Bibliography
1 Selected Tantras
2 Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts Cited in This Book
3 Other Works
Notes
Index
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