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Contents: AS LONG AS SPACE ENDURES: Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in Honor of H.H. The Dalai Lama |
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Long Life Prayer & Dedication |
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Foreword - Robert A.F. Thurman |
ix |
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Introduction |
xiii |
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Acknowledgments |
xv |
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I. Translation and Revelation |
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A Concert of Names of Manjusri: Manjusri-namasamgiti; Alexander Berzin |
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The Mental Afflictions and the Nature of the Supreme Immutable Wisdom in the Sekoddesa and Its Commentary by Naropa; Giacomella Orofino |
27 |
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The Sekoddesatippani: A Brief Commentary on the Summary of the Initiation; Phillip Lecso |
51 |
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The Elucidation of True Reality: The Kalacakra Commentary by Vajragarbha on the Tattvapatala of the Hevajratantra; Francesco Sferra |
93 |
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"Like a Buddha Jewel-Casket Thrown Open": Gendun Gyatso's Namasamgiti Commentary; Laura Harrington |
127 |
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Brief Presentation of Channels, Winds, and Drops according to Kalacakra Tradition by Changkya Rolpa Dorje; Bavin Kilty |
145 |
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II. Analysis and Insight |
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Palden Lhamo: Supreme Guardian Goddess of the Dalai Lamas; Miranda Shjaw |
153 |
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Om Vakyeda Namah: Manjusri's Mantra and Its Uses; Glenn Wallis |
169 |
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The Body as a Text and the Text as the Body: A view from the Kalacakratantra's Perspective; Vesna A. Wallace |
179 |
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The Influence of the Kalacakra: Vajrapani on Consort Meditation; David B. Gray |
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The Concept of Adibuddha in the Kalacakratantra; Urban Hammar |
219 |
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A Lineage History of Vajrayoga and Tantric Zhentong from the Jonang Kalacakra Practice Tradition; Michael R. Sheehy |
219 |
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The Six Vajra-Yogas of Kalacakra; Edward Henning |
237 |
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Compassionate Aspirations and Their Fulfillment: Dol-po-pa's A Prayer for Birth in Sukhavati; Georgios T. Halkias |
259 |
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Medicine and Astrology in the Healing Arts of the Kalacakratantra; Vesna A. Wallace |
277 |
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Sanskrit Mantras in the Kalachakra Sadhana; David Reigle |
301 |
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Rendawa and the Question of Kalacakra's Uniqueness; Thupten Jinpa |
317 |
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III. Transmission and Transition |
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Kalacakra and the Nalanda Tradition: Science, Religion, and Objectivity in Buddhism and the West; Joseph Loizzo |
333 |
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Demon Diseases and Tibetan Medicine: The Interrface between Religion and Science; Ivette Vargas |
367 |
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Integrating Modern Neuroscience and Physiology with Indo-Tibetan Yogic Science; William C. Bushell |
385 |
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Vibrating in Splendor, the Source Experience of Kalacakra's Mandala; Sofia Stril-Rever |
399 |
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The Kalacakra Empowerment as Conducted by Kirti Tsenshab Rijnpoche; Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim |
415 |
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Dissolution and Emptiness Meditation in the Kalacakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana; Geshe Drakpa Gelek |
449 |
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Essence of the Kalacakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Practice; Jhado Rinpoche |
457 |
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Purifying the Inner and Outer Wheels: Remarks from Venerable Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche on the Significance of the Kalacakra for Times of Conflict |
465 |
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Resources |
473 |
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Contributors |
475 |
