A Commentary on the Anuttarayogatantra Method of Cittamani Tara
Lama Thubten Yeshe
for initiates only
A lightly edited transcript of a course taught at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1979. This text is now available to initiates as a PDF.
A lightly edited transcript of a course taught at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1979. This text is now available to initiates as a PDF.
A lightly edited transcript available as a PDF file for those with Highest Yoga Tantra initiation in Heruka/Chakrasamvara or Vajrayogini.
Lama Yeshe gave this introductory teaching on the fundamentals of tantric practice in California, in 1980.
In the three teachings presented here, recorded at Vajrapani Institute, California, in July and August, 1983—a mere eight months before he passed away—Lama Yeshe explains what the Heruka Vajrasattva tsok offering is and how to do it.
The first teaching in this book, The Three Principal Aspects of the Path, is an introduction to the path to enlightenment. The second teaching, Introduction to Tantra, comprises the first two lectures of a commentary on the Chenrezig yoga method and is a wonderful explanation of the fundamentals of tantric practice.
During His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 1982 teachings at Institut Vajra Yogini, France, Lama Yeshe was asked to "baby-sit" the audience for a couple of days when His Holiness manifested illness. The result is this excellent two-part introduction to the path to enlightenment, in which Lama explains renunciation, bodhicitta and the right view of emptiness.
By pulling together some of Lama Yeshe’s introductory teachings on Buddhism, meditation, compassion and emptiness, and combining them with the definitive explanation of tantra, this one valuable volume will inspire students to go more deeply into the Yoga Method of Buddha Maitreya–a tantric practice.