The origins of the instructions on this Lama Choepa (guru yoga) practice are traced back to the explanatory tantra called Vajramala, in which the visualization of the body mandala deities on the guru's body is explained according to Guhyasamaja. Since the integral practice of Yamantaka, Guhyasamaja and Heruka has great merit and advantages, Lama Choepa explains how to do it on the basis of this guru yoga practice. In this unique and clearly laid out commentary, the actual practice is explained on the basis of Guhyasamaja, the preliminaries such as the self-generation on the basis of Yamantaka, and the performing of offerings and so forth according to Heruka.

The Union of Bliss & Emptiness: Teachings On the Practice of Guru Yoga, H.H. Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 192 pages, $16.95

Tenzin Gyatso was born in Amdo, Tibet in 1935 and was recognized as the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, .spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet. Since the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1959, he has served as head of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, India. Today he is known the world over as a great spintual teacher and a tireless worker for peace.



Thupten Jinpa Langri ( Translator ) is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, former monk and an academic of religious studies and both Eastern and Western philosophy. He has been the principal English translator to the Dalai Lama since 1985.