Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines : or, Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path, According to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering.
Books, audiotapes, and classes about yoga are today as familiar as they are widespread, but we in the West have only recently become engaged in the meditative doctrines of the East--only in the last 70 or 80 years, in fact. In the early part of the 20th century, it was the pioneering efforts of keen...
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Oxford University Press, USA,
2000
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Table of Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD: From the Celtic Faith in Fairies to the Tibetan Science of Yoga; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; YOGIC COMMENTARY; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; I. The Importance and Original Sources of this Volume; II. The Commentary; III. Some Misconceptions Concerning Buddhism; IV. The Incompleteness of the Occident's Knowledge of Buddhism; V. The Joyous Optimism of Buddhism; VI. The Wisdom of the Mahāyāna; VII. The Yoga Philosophy; VIII. Yoga and Religion; IX. Buddhistic Yoga; X. The Psychology of the Yogic Visualizations.
- XI. Karma and RebirthXII. The Exoteric Versus the Esoteric Teachings; XIII. The Translating and Editing of the Texts; XIV. The Unity and Practical Value of the Texts; XV. The New Renaissance and the Masters of Wisdom; BOOK I: THE SUPREME PATH OF DISCIPLESHIP: THE PRECEPTS OF THE GURUS; THE INTRODUCTION; I. The Book's Compiler and his Fellow Disciple; II. The Transmission of the Teachings; III. The Texts of The Precious Rosary; IV. The Precepts Compared with ' Elegant Sayings'; THE OBEISANCE AND FOREWORD; THE TWENTY-EIGHT CATEGORIES OF YOGIC PRECEPTS; I. The Ten Causes of Regret.
- II. The Ten RequirementsIII. The Ten Things to be Done; IV. The Ten Things to be Avoided; V. The Ten Things Not to be Avoided; VI. The Ten Things one Must Know; VII. The Ten Things to be Practised; VIII. The Ten Things to be Persevered in; IX. The Ten Incentives; X. The Ten Errors; XI. The Ten Resemblances Wherein One May Err; XII. The Ten Things Wherein One Erreth Not; XIII. The Thirteen Grievous Failures; XIV. The Fifteen Weaknesses; XV. The Twelve Indispensable Things; XVI. The Ten Signs of a Superior Man; XVII. The Ten Useless Things; XVIII. The Ten Self-Imposed Troubles.
- XIX. The Ten Things Wherein One Doeth Good to OneselfXX. The Ten Best Things; XXI. The Ten Grievous Mistakes; XXII. The Ten Necessary Things; XXIII. The Ten Unnecessary Things; XXIV. The Ten More Precious Things; XXV. The Ten Equal Things; XXVI. The Ten Virtues of the Holy Dharma; XXVII. The Ten Figurative Expressions; XXVIII. The Ten Great Joyful Realizations; THE CONCLUSION; THE COLOPHON; BOOK II: THE NIRVĀNIC PATH: THE YOGA OF THE GREAT SYMBOL; THE INTRODUCTION; I. The History of the Great Symbol Teachings; II. The Text and the Translation; III. The Character of the Great Symbol Teachings.
- IV. The Line of the GurusTHE OBEISANCE AND FOREWORD; PART I: THE PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS: THE TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS; PART II: THE ESSENTIAL SUBJECT MATTER; The Ordinary Practices; The Extra-Ordinary Practices; PART III: THE CONCLUSION; Recognizing the Great Symbol; and the Four Yogic Attainments; Analysing the Impediments and Errors while Treading the Path; Differentiating Experiences and Practical from Theoretical Knowledge; THE COLOPHON; BOOK III: THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE: THE YOGA OF THE SIX DOCTRINES; THE INTRODUCTION; I. The Four Classes of Tantras.
