Kālachakra tantra : rite of initiation : for the stage of generation : a commentary on the text of Kay-drup-ge-leg-bel-sang-bo / by Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and the text itself ; edited, translated and introduced by Jeffery Hopkins.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [472]-474) and index.

Introduction / Jeffrey Hopkins -- Altruistic Purification -- Deity Yoga : The Special Tantric Technique -- Motivation: The Thirty-Seven Practices -- Emptiness Yoga -- History of the Kalachakra Tantra -- Initiations and Mandalas -- Procedure of the Enhancement -- Procedure of the Initiations -- The Texts -- The Author of the Mandala Rite -- The Author of the Commentary -- Motivation and Internal Initiation -- Supplication and Faith -- Vows and Blessing -- Tooth-Stick, Water, Kusha Grass, and Thread -- Six Lineages and Vajrasattva -- Enthusiasm and Dreams -- Structure -- Outside the Curtain -- Seeing the Mandala -- Water Initiation -- Crown Initiation -- Silk Ribbon Initiation -- Vajra and Bell Initiation -- Conduct Initiation -- Name Initiation -- Permission Initiation and Appendages -- Understanding the Time of Attainment -- Advice to Abandon the Root Infractions -- Prayer-Wishes -- Daily Practice -- Guru Yoga of Kalachakra in Connection with the Six Sessions in Completely Facilitating Form -- Six Session Yoga -- Abbreviated Six Session Yoga -- Mantras in the Kalachakra Initiation, Stage of Generation.