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Maha Vairocana Abhisambodhi Tantra
By: Stephen Hodge, Tr.

Maha Vairocana Abhisambodhi Tantra <br> By: Stephen Hodge, Tr.

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Translator: Stephen Hodge
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780700711833
Publication Date: 2003

Product Code: 12155

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With Buddhaguhya's Commentary

During the last thirty years there has been a revolution in the understanding and appreciation of the Buddhist tantras in the West. [...] This new interest in the Buddhist tantras still has many limitations and unfortunately a detailed description of the development of tantric thought and practices is far from being complete. [...] Almost without exception, present-day scholars in the West have relied solely on Tibetan materials and such Indic texts as have survived the ravage of time for their studies on the tantras. While much valuable work has thus been produced by these scholars, they do present a somewhat one-sided view of Tantric Buddhism as they have tended to concentrate on the more spectacular Anuttara-yoga tantras. For apart from these, there is also a wealth of other tantric literature preserved in Tibetan sources, dealing with the Kriya, Carya and Yoga tantras, that awaits detailed exploration and translation. Additionally, the neglect of the vast amount of literature related to Tantric Buddhism available in Chinese translation is quite regrettable, although this is understandable in view of the quite daunting range of linguistic skills which is needed to make full use of these texts. [...] The Chinese text of the Mahavairocana Tantra covers just forty four pages in the standard Taisho Edition and this translation of this covers about 200 pages.

Maha Vairocana Abhisambodhi Tantra, Translated by Stephen Hodge, Hardcover, RoutledgeCurzon, 572 pages, $190.00

	Part I Introduction	1
I	General Introduction	3
II	Historical Background	14
	i. Date of Compilation	14
	ii. Place of Compilation	17
	iii. People involved in the transmission of the MVT	18
III	About this Translation	25
IV	The Themes and Significance of the MVT	29
	Part II The Maha-Vairocana-Abhisambodhi Tantra with Buddhaguhya's Commentary	41
	Introduction	43
I	The Elucidation of the Types of Minds	47
II	The Laying-out of the Mandala	83
III	The Overcoming of Obstacles	153
IV	The General Mantra Treasury	159
V	The Accomplishment of Mundane Siddhi	164
VI	The True Nature of Siddhi Accomplishment	166
VII	The Deity Samadhi	207
VIII	The Samadhi Without Perceptual Forms	210
IX	The True Nture of Mundane and Supramundane Recitation	213
X	The Wheel of Letters	216
XI	The Mudras	232
XII	The Dharma Letter Method, the All-penetrating Gate	250
XIII	The Secret Mandala	254
XIV.	Entry Into Secret Mandala	301
XV	The Eight Secret Mudras	304
XVI	Entry to Upholding teh Secret Mandala	309
XVII	The Ritual Observance for the Vidyas	318
XVIII	The Knowledge for the Master's True Nature	326
XIX	The Allocation of Letters	333
XX	The Bodhisattva's Training Accompanied by Expedient Means	335
XXI	The Arising of the Hundred Letters	344
XXII	The Acquisition of the Result	348
XXIII	The Accomplishment of the Arrangement of the Hundred Letters	354
XXIV	Self Accomplishment	364
XXV	The Ritual of the Manta of the Hundred Letters	370
XXVI	The Nature of Enlightenment	371
XXVII	The Practice of the Three Samayas	373
XXVIII	The Tathagata	378
XXIX	The Homa Rituals	381
XXX	The Transmission	391
	Part III The Maha-Vairocana-Uttara Tantra	393
I	The Ritual for the Pacifying Homa	395
II	The Ritual for the Enriching Homa	402
III	The Ritual for the Subduing Homa	406
IV	The Ritual for the Homa of the Fierce Action	409
V	The Arrangement of the Meditationa Letters and Initiation	413
VI	The Ritual for Recitation	417
VII	The Great Mandala from which the Tathagatas Arise	419
	Part IV Pindartha: Buddhaguhya's Condensed Commentary on the Vairocana-Abhisambodhi Tantra	445
	Introduction	447
A.	Theoretical Basis	451
	i. The Cause of Vairocana	451
	ii. The Essential Nature of Vairocana	461
	iii. The Causes of Enlightenment	465
	iv. The Essential Nature of Perfect Enlightenment	466
	v. The Manifestation of Enlightenment	471
B.	The Practical Application	475
	i. The Rituals for the Mandala and Initiation	475
	ii. The Practices to Proptiate the Mantras	511
	Conclusion	537
	Notes	538

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