Clear Meaning
The Force of Wisdom Tantra
With Tibetan Text
Translated by
Christopher Wilkinson
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ISBN : 9781099609442
DEDICATION
For all teachers and students of the Great Perfection
Also Translated By Christopher Wilkinson
Perfect Wisdom: Four Early Tantras of the Great Perfection
Atiyoga: The Eighteen Tantras
The Bodhicitta Sutra:
Ten Scriptures of the Great Perfection
A Subtle Arrangement of Gemstones:
Two Upadesha Tantras of the Great Perfection
A Mound of Jewels:
Three Upadesha Tantras of the Great Perfection
The Jewel Maker:
The Great Tantra on the Consequence of Sound
The Six Spaces of the All Good:
An Upadesha Tantra of the Great Perfection
The Mirror of the Heart of Vajrasattva:
Two Upadesha Tantras of the Great Perfection
The Lion Stops Hunting:
An Upadesha Tantra of the Great Perfection
The Pearl Necklace Tantra: Upadesha Instructions of the Great Perfection
The Secret Kissing of the Sun and Moon:
Three Upadesha Tantras of the Great Perfection
Eight Early Tantras of the Great Perfection: An Elixir of Ambrosia
The Royal Tantra on the Brilliant Diffusion of Majestic Space
The Secret Tantras of the Fish Wheel and the Nine Spaces:
Two Ancient Scriptures of the Great Perfection
Ten Early Tantras of the Great Perfection:
A Basket of Diamonds
The Gods and the Demons Are Not Two: A Tantra of the Great Perfection
The Tantra of Great Bliss:
The Guhyagarbha Transmission of Vajrasattvas Magnificent Sky
Secret Sky: The Ancient Tantras on Vajrasattvas Magnificent Sky
The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva:
Equal to the End of the Sky
Beyond Secret: The Upadesha of Vairochana
On the Practice of the Great Perfection
Secret Wisdom: Three Root Tantras of the Great Perfection
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments | i |
Introduction | |
Clear Meaning | |
| The Basic Scene and Taking up the Topic | |
| A Brief Teaching that Summarizes the General Content | |
| The Way of Being of the Base | |
| Teaching the Way of Being of the Base and of the Great Vision of the Base | |
| An Explanation of the Particulars on the Base | |
| Teaching the Analogies that Exemplify the Base | |
| An Introduction to the Words that Exemplify the Way that the Base Is Present as a Real Thing and the Way That It Appears | |
| A Brief Teaching on the Base and its Recognition | |
| Teaching the Complete Recognition of Wisdom | |
| Teaching the Words that Exemplify Wisdom | |
| Teaching the Rise of the Force of Awareness and the Total Purity of the Force | |
| The Arising of the Force of Our Awareness and the Presentation of Words to Exemplify This | |
| Presenting the Force in Brief | |
| Presenting Our Ornaments and Our Playfulness | |
| Presenting the Words for Ornaments and Playfulness in Summary | |
| Presenting the Analogies that Exemplify Our Ornaments and Our Playfulness | |
| Teaching That in Our Proper Base There Is No Delusion and Teaching the Vision of Its Virtues To Be the Three Bases for Delusion | |
| Teaching the Cause and the Time of Our Delusion | |
| Knowledge through Reading the Explanatory Tantras and Teaching that the Delusions in Objectifying the Conditions of Our Delusion and the Interim Eon Are Associated with the Condition of Our Bodies | |
| Teaching the Way the Inner Contents Are Formed | |
| A Summary Presentation on the Five Elements | |
| Presenting a Real Summary of the Five Elements | |
| An Explanation that Joins the Meanings of the Way We Rise and the Way We Fade | |
| Presenting the Three Eons | |
| Teaching that the Two Form Bodies of Compassion Come from the Dharmakya and Teaching that Awareness Is Self-Evident in the Dharmakya So There Are No Two Bodies | |
| The Way to Clarify Physical Mudras for Disciples of Knowledge and Teaching the Arising of Perfection and Knowledge in the Body of Our Disciples | |
| Teaching the Place where We Stay and the Thrones | |
| Presenting an Explanation of the Meaning of a Throne | |
| Presenting the Entourage of the Sambhogakya | |
| Presenting the Words that Exemplify the Sambhogakya | |
| Presenting General Characteristics and Presenting the Five Families that are United by their Mothers | |
| Teaching How the Sambhogakya Is Joined to the Essence of Our Purpose | |
| Teaching the Way that the Nirm a akya Appears in the World | |
| Presenting the Differences in the Three Bodies | |
| The Words that Exemplify the Three Bodies and Presenting the Enumeration of the Bodies | |
| A Brief Teaching on the Essence, Definition, Divisions, and Names of the Buddha | |
| Presenting the Blessed One of the Three Bodies, the Buddha, and the Way Filth is Purified | |
| Teaching How We Work for the Sake of the Nirm a akya | |
| Presenting the Philosophical Conclusions of the Eight Vehicles | |
| Presenting the Meditations of the Eight Vehicles | |
| Presenting the Practices of the Eight Vehicles | |
| The Rewards for the Individual Vehicles, the Triad of Doors of Entry, Borders of Protection, and Methods of Practice; And Presenting Their Methods of View, Meditation, and Practice in Brief | |
| A Teaching on the Recognition of the Intent of the Ati with Questions and Answers | |