Introduction to Volume Four ix
JOURNEY WITHOUT GOAL: THE TANTRIC WISDOM OF THE BUDDHA
Acknowledgments 3
Introduction 7
"Intensifying Devotion in One's Heart" by Jamgon Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye 13
1. The Tantric Practitioner 27
2. Vajra Nature 32
3. Mandala 37
4. Nontheistic Energy 45
5. Transmission 51
6. The Vajra Master 59
7. Visualization 67
8. Body, Speech, and Mind 73
9. The Five Buddha Families 77
10. Abhisheka 86
11. Being and Manifesting 97
12. The Question of Magic 106
13. The Tantric Journey 112
15. Anuttarayoga 119
16. Maha Ati 125
"Lord Marpa's Praise to the Gurus" 134
THE LION'S ROAR: AN INTRODUCTION TO TANTRA
Editor's Foreword 139
Part One: Nine Yanas Seminar / Boulder, December 1973 143
1. The Journey 145
2. Hopelessness 156
3. The Preparation for Tantra 166
4. The Basic Body 176
5. The Crazy-Wisdom Holder and the Student 185
6. Alpha Pure 194
Part Two: Nine Yanas Seminar / San Francisco, May 1973 203
1. Suffering, Impermanence, Egolessness 205
2. Competing with Our Projections 214
3. The Dawn of Mysticism 225
4. The Juncture between Sutra and Tantra 239
5. Overcoming Moralism 247
6. Introduction to Tantra 265
7. The Five Buddha Families and Mahamudra 277
8. Anuttarayoga 289
9. Mahamudra and Maha Ati 302
Notes 321
THE DAWN OF TANTRA
By Herbert V. Guenther and Chögyam Trungpa
Introduction 331
1. Tantra: Its Origin and Presentation 333
2. Laying the Foundation 339
3. Yogachara and the Primacy of Experience 344
4. The Mandala Principle and the Meditative Process 351
5. The Indivisibility of Openness and Compassion 357
6. The Development of Shunyata 365
7. The Guru-Disciple Relationship 371
8. Visualization 377
9. Empowerment and Initiations 383
10. Questions and Answers: Guenther 392
11. Questions and Answers: Rinpoche 406
An Interview with Chögyam Trungpa: Things Get Very Clear When You're Cornered 423
Glossary 431
Sources 439
Acknowledgments 441
A Biography of Chögyam Trungpa 443
Books by Chögyam Trungpa 449
Resources 455
Index 459
