Vajra Wisdom

Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism

Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima, Shechen Gyaltsap IV, Dharmachakra Translation Committee

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Snow Lion Publications
10 January 2023

Religion & beliefs

Vajra Wisdom contains two of the most important explanations of the ""development stage"" of meditation, relevant for most practitioners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Now available in paperback for the first time.

Vajra Wisdom contains two of the most important explanations of the ""development stage"" of meditation, relevant for most practitioners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Now available in paperback for the first time.

The practices of deity, mantra, and wisdom are also known within the Tibetan system as the ""development stage,"" because the practitioner is said to attain spiritual insight by developing meditative visualizations that bring the experience of awakening directly into one's present life, without having to wait for later spiritual fulfillment.

Vajra Wisdom presents the commentaries oftwo great nineteenth-century Nyingma masters,KunkyenTenpeNyima andShechenGyaltsapIV,which guide practitioners engaged in development stage practice through a series of straightforward instructions. The rarity of this kind of material in English makes it indispensable for practitioners and scholars alike.

The goal of the development stage of meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition is to realize the inseparability of phenomena and great emptiness. Using the methods of deity visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption, the practitioner arrives at this nonconceptual view.

By: Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima, Shechen Gyaltsap IV
Translated by: Dharmachakra Translation Committee
Imprint: Snow Lion Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781559394406
ISBN 10: 1559394404
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

KHARTRULKUNKYENTENPENYIMA,recognized as a reincarnation ofŚantaraksita, was a nineteenth-century master fromRepkong, the homeland ofShabkarand many other masters. His father wasCh yingThobdenDorje, the author of The Complete Nyingma Tradition, a landmark text widely studied in eastern Tibet. SHECHENGYALTSAPIV spent most of his life in retreat and was one of the main teachers of the lateDilgoKhyentse Rinpoche. THEDHARMACHAKRATRANSLATION COMMITTEEdraws its inspiration from the vision, commitment, and magnificent achievements of past Buddhist translators. Directed byCh kyiNyima Rinpoche, the Committee is dedicated to making Buddhist classics available to modern readers in their native languages.

Reviews for Vajra Wisdom: Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism

“As more and more people embrace the Tibetan Buddhist path with sincerity and dedication, priceless instructions like these by the great masters of the past take on a crucial importance. Only with such clear and practical guidance can we fully appreciate the depth of the extraordinary practices of the Vajrayana, and discover for ourselves their transformative power.”—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying