Research Catalog

Title

Ornament of stainless light : an exposition of the kālacakra tantra / Khedrup Norsang Gyatso ; translated by Gavin Kilty.

Author

Nor-bzang-rgya-mtsho, Mkhas-grub, 1423-1513.

Publication

Boston : Wisdom Publications, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thupten Jinpa.
• Kilty, Gavin.

Description

xvi, 709 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The library of Tibetan classics ; v. 14

Subject

• Kālacakra (Tantric rite)

Note

• "Author2: Jinpa, Thupten"--Cip, data sheet.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [681]-692) and index.

Contents

Introd. Compilation of the root and condensed tantra ; The primoridal mind and body -- pt. 1. The external world: The three themes of Kālacakra tantra ; The formation of the external world and its dimensions ; The inhabitants of this world ; The stars and the planets ; Resolving contradictions between Kālacakra and Abhidharma cosmology -- pt. 2. The inner world of sentient beings: The development of the body ; Channels, winds, and drops ; Discrepancies between Kālacakra other tantras -- pt. 3. Initiations: Qualifications of master and disciple ; Description of the mandala ; The initiations ; The seven childhood initiations ; The four higher initiations ; The higher-than-high initiations -- pt. 4. Sādhana, methods of accomplishment: The two stages ; The generation stage ; The two accumulations ; The body vajra ; Analysis of the colors of the lunar-day deities ; Resolving doubts concerning the process of generation ; The speech vajra ; The mind vajra ; The gnosis vajra -- pt. 5. Gnosis, the completion stage: The six-branched yoga ; Withdrawal, night yoga ; Withdrawal, day yoga ; The yoga of meditative absorption ; Prāṇāyāma, the yoga of the winds ; Vajra recitation ; Vase yoga ; The yoga of retention ; The yoga of recollection ; The yoga of meditative concentration ; The fruits of the two stages.

Call Number

*OLT 04-7310

ISBN

0861714520 (hd. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004006067

OCLC

54803587

Author

Nor-bzang-rgya-mtsho, Mkhas-grub, 1423-1513.

Title

Ornament of stainless light : an exposition of the kālacakra tantra / Khedrup Norsang Gyatso ; translated by Gavin Kilty.

Imprint

Boston : Wisdom Publications, c2004.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

The library of Tibetan classics ; v. 14

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [681]-692) and index.

Added Author

Thupten Jinpa.

Kilty, Gavin.

Research Call Number

*OLT 04-7310