The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Eight, Part Four

Esoteric Instructions

By Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
Translated by Sarah Harding

$59.95
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Snow Lion
03/01/2008
Pages: 528
Size: 6 x 9
ISBN: 9781559392846
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Please also visit our resource guide to the Treasury of Knowledge which gives details about the history of this ten volume work as well as more details about each volume.


In Tibetan religious literature, Jamgön Kongtrül's Treasury of Knowledge in ten books stands out as a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as it was preserved in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as practice reflection and meditation; present-day students have also realized that awakening has its source in study as well as in reflection and practice. This volume, Esoteric Instructions, deals with meditation—specifically tantric meditation. Esoteric Instructions is a collection of intimate records of personal teachings by masters that simplify tantric meditations by providing pertinent examples and very personal and helpful hints to disciples based on the master's own experience. Although originally oral in nature, they have been codified and passed down through specific lineages from teacher to student.