Tantra

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 6

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  • In
  • this
  • sixth
  • and
  • final
  • volume
  • in
  • the
  • Foundation
  • of
  • Buddhist
  • Thought
  • series,
  • Geshe
  • Tashi
  • Tsering
  • brings
  • his
  • familiar,
  • helpful
  • approach
  • to
  • the
  • esoteric
  • practices
  • of
  • Buddhist
  • tantra.
  • Anticipating
  • the
  • many
  • questions
  • Westerners
  • have
  • upon
  • first
  • encountering
  • tantra's
  • colorful
  • imagery
  • and
  • veiled
  • language,
  • Tantra
  • uses
  • straight
  • talk
  • to
  • explain
  • deities,
  • initiations,
  • mandalas,
  • and
  • the
  • body's
  • subtle
  • physiology
  • of
  • channels
  • and
  • chakras.Tantric
  • Buddhism
  • provides
  • a
  • quick
  • avenue
  • to
  • buddhahood
  • by
  • means
  • of
  • dissolving
  • the
  • body's
  • wind
  • energies
  • into
  • the
  • central
  • channel
  • at
  • the
  • heart,
  • mimicking
  • the
  • transformations
  • of
  • consciousness
  • that
  • occur
  • at
  • the
  • time
  • of
  • death.
  • Guiding
  • readers
  • systematically
  • from
  • tantra's
  • generation
  • stage
  • through
  • to
  • the
  • full
  • enlightenment
  • of
  • the
  • completion
  • stage,
  • Geshe
  • Tashi
  • Tsering
  • even
  • unpacks
  • a
  • simple
  • compassion
  • practice
  • composed
  • by
  • the
  • Dalai
  • Lama,
  • using
  • it
  • to
  • illustrate
  • the
  • building
  • blocks
  • common
  • to
  • all
  • such
  • visualization
  • techniques.Tantra
  • is
  • a
  • fitting
  • conclusion
  • to
  • this
  • accessible
  • and
  • practical series.
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