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The tantric distinction : a Buddhist's reflections on compassion and emptiness / Jeffrey Hopkins ; edited by Anne C. Klein.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Boston : Wisdom, 1999.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xiii, 171 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0861711548 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 9780861711543 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/420425 21
LOC classification:
  • BQ7634 .H657 1999
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Basic Path. 1. Nirvana. 2. The Jewel of Leisure. 3. The Message of Cyclic Existence. 4. The Bodhisattva Perspective. 5. Pure Appearance and the Mind of Enlightenment. 6. Generating the Mind of Enlightenment in Meditation. 7. Union of Method and Wisdom -- Pt. 2. Tantra. 8. Background. 9. The Two Vehicles. 10. Enhancement of Wisdom. 11. Method and Wisdom. 12. Quintessential Distinctions between the Lesser and Great Vehicles. 13. Realizing Emptiness. 14. The Two Great Vehicles. 15. Deity Yoga.
Review: "Widely recognized as one of the West's leading scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, Professor Jeffrey Hopkins is renowned for his textual translations and original scholarship. For ten years he served as the principal English translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Tantric Distinction is his effort to make accessible the complexities of this highly sophisticated philosophy by sharing his personal, individual experience with Buddhist thought and practice.Summary: It lays out the entire Buddhist path as a living experience."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index.

Pt. 1. The Basic Path. 1. Nirvana. 2. The Jewel of Leisure. 3. The Message of Cyclic Existence. 4. The Bodhisattva Perspective. 5. Pure Appearance and the Mind of Enlightenment. 6. Generating the Mind of Enlightenment in Meditation. 7. Union of Method and Wisdom -- Pt. 2. Tantra. 8. Background. 9. The Two Vehicles. 10. Enhancement of Wisdom. 11. Method and Wisdom. 12. Quintessential Distinctions between the Lesser and Great Vehicles. 13. Realizing Emptiness. 14. The Two Great Vehicles. 15. Deity Yoga.

"Widely recognized as one of the West's leading scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, Professor Jeffrey Hopkins is renowned for his textual translations and original scholarship. For ten years he served as the principal English translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Tantric Distinction is his effort to make accessible the complexities of this highly sophisticated philosophy by sharing his personal, individual experience with Buddhist thought and practice.

It lays out the entire Buddhist path as a living experience."--BOOK JACKET.

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