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INTRODUCTION TO TANTRA: The Transformation of Desire
by Lama Yeshe, edited by Johathan Landaw
"When Lama Yeshe's Introduction to Tantra first appeared, it was like an illumination, a vision both brilliant and generous, for which many people had spent years waiting and preparing. Even rereading it now, I am thrilled by the clarity and directness of Lama Yeshe's thought. His descriptions of foundation practices and subsequent stages are both essential and complete. I know of no work on tantra that has improved on this."--Philip Glass, from the foreword
"Many people hold misconceptions about tantra. Lama Yeshe's lucid and precise explanation, resulting from years of study and his personal practice, dispels all of these. Demystifying this ancient tradition, he related it to modern life and shows how tantric practice, correctly done, can transform dissatisfaction and clinging into blissful, compassionate wisdom."--Thubten Chodron, author of Buddhism for Beginners
Explains how to use desire skilfully to break down our distorted and deeply entrenched way of seeing things. By learning to use pleasure correctly, we awaken our powerful inner potential. He explains tantric meditation methods and outlines the entire tantric path. "No one has summarized the essence of tantra as well."--Religious Studies Review
"Introduction to Tantra, with its foreword by Philip Glass, deserves to be widely distributed -- it will be very helpful to lots of people."-- Prof. Robert Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University
"The best introductory work on Tibetan Buddhist tantra available."--Janet Gyatso, Hershey Chair of Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School
Lama Yeshe, widely recognized as one of the most innovative and inspiring Tibetan Buddhist masters to have taught in the West, founded the international Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). His other books include The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa, Wisdom Energy: Basic Buddhist Teachings, and The Tantric Path of Purification: The Yoga Method of Heruka Vajrasattva.
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