The Ecstasy of Enlightenment

Teaching of Natural Tantra

Thomas Cleary

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English

Red Wheel/Weiser
09 July 1998

Religion & beliefs; Buddhism; Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts

The Ecstasy of Enlightenment is an inside look at the spiritual world of Tantraone of the most sophisticated, alluring, and controversial forms of Buddhism. Cleary unlocks the mysteries of the Carya-Giti, a collections of teachings by more than twenty famous Siddhas, or Tantric adepts, who lived during the illustrius Pala dynasty of old Bengal. These teachings emanate from one of the most dynamic sources of international Buddhism, at the height of its religious development, and as such, they are completely nonsectarian. Particularly noteworth is Cleary's demonstration of the parallels between Tantric Buddhism in Old Bengal and the original Zen Buddhism of China.

By: Thomas Cleary
Imprint: Red Wheel/Weiser
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781578630271
ISBN 10: 1578630274
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 09 July 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Cleary is an internationally known translator of spiritual classics from Chinese, Japanese, Sanskrit, Pali, and Arabic. He holds a B.A. in Far Eastern Languages from Harvard College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University.