A collection of translations of works by the various Dalai Lamas on tantric Buddhism. The great popularity achieved by the early Dalai Lamas was due in part to the clarity and power of their tantric writings. Following a contextualizing introduction by Glenn H. Mullin which situates the tantric tradition within overall Buddhist practice, the reader is plunged into a sweeping survey by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama of all the principal Tibetan Buddhist tantric systems found in all four categories of tantras. There follows a range of various tantric texts including works on Avalokiteshvara, Kalachakra, Chakrasamvara, Hayagriva, Yamantaka plus the Second Dalai Lama's treatise on the Six Yogas of Niguma (Naropa's renowned female disciple).
Includes: The Thirteenth Dalai Lama on a brief guide to the Buddhist tantras; the Second Dalai Lama on the Six Yogas of Niguma; the Third Dalai Lama on the tantric yogas of the Buddha of compassion; the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on the Kalachakra initiation; the First Dalai Lama on the two yogic stages of Kalachakra; the Fifth Dalai Lama on Hayagriva methods for healing; the Second Dalai Lama on the two yogic stages of Vajrabhairava (Yamantaka) tantra; the Second Dalai Lama's Living on the Essence of Flowers; and a tantric prayer by the Eighth Dalai Lama.
very good. Just a stamp on the first page
