The first complete translation into English of this Tibetan text, together with the informative commentary by the 8th century master Buddhaguhya. This text is of seminal importance for the history of Buddhist Tantra, especially as very little has been published concerning the origins of Tantra in India.
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The Maha-Vairocana Abhisambodhi Tantra,
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Drawing from the extant Tibetan and Chinese translations of the lost Sanskrit original Hodge has produced an amazing rendition of the Maha-Vairocana Sutra. His introduction is thorough and his outline of its major themes makes the reading thereof more than intelligible. His method of translation is also to be praised, for instead of sticking unnecessarily close to the literal method or, the other too common error of translations of Buddhist texts, mixing in philosophical terminologies of post-renaissance Western thought, he has instead left all key terminologies untranslated; their various meanings explored in Buddhaguyha's commentray and in the very welcome glossary. All-in-all this is a great starting point in the study of the Maha-Vairocana Sutra, itself one of the most important text of Vajrayana/Mantrayana Buddhism.
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If I had to compare this work with Christian texts, it would have to be put into the Gnostic category. It is a truly remarkable translation giving the reader access into the so-called Buddhist mysteries. Above all this Tantra is about Mind, the absolute substance of reality, and how to enter into communion with it. For mystical types out there, break your piggy bank and buy it.
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existent mandala, three samayas, inconceivable continuum, mandala arising, mundane mandalas, mandala arisen, mental mandala, earth mandala, jar empowered, unconditioned morality, cultivated bodhicitta, wind mandala, lack autonomous existence, external homa, same mudrd, secret mandala, mantra attainments, water mandala, supernatural cognitions, internal homa, samadhi gates, samádhi gate, supramundane mind, mandala site, second inner section Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bhagavat Vairocana, Inexhaustible Body, All-knowing Awareness, Great Hero, Revolving Wheel of Letters, Great Being, Ten Levels, Hundred Lettered, Awareness of Suchness, Noble Acala, Body of Vairocana, All-knowing One, Bhagavat's Body, Four Methods of Attracting, Lord of Mantras, Perfection of Insight, Awareness of Sameness, Inexhaustible Speech, Investigating Awareness, Mantra Lord, Vidyá King, Vidyá Queen, Buddha Bhagavats, Dharma Wheel, Awareness of Accomplishing Activities New!
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During the last thirty years there has been a revolution in the understanding and appreciation of the Buddhist tantras in the West. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
existent mandala, three samayas, inconceivable continuum, mandala arising, mundane mandalas, mandala arisen, mental mandala, earth mandala, jar empowered, unconditioned morality, cultivated bodhicitta, wind mandala, lack autonomous existence, external homa, same mudrd, secret mandala, mantra attainments, water mandala, supernatural cognitions, internal homa, samadhi gates, samádhi gate, supramundane mind, mandala site, second inner section Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bhagavat Vairocana, Inexhaustible Body, All-knowing Awareness, Great Hero, Revolving Wheel of Letters, Great Being, Ten Levels, Hundred Lettered, Awareness of Suchness, Noble Acala, Body of Vairocana, All-knowing One, Bhagavat's Body, Four Methods of Attracting, Lord of Mantras, Perfection of Insight, Awareness of Sameness, Inexhaustible Speech, Investigating Awareness, Mantra Lord, Vidyá King, Vidyá Queen, Buddha Bhagavats, Dharma Wheel, Awareness of Accomplishing Activities New!
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