Matrix of Mystery: Scientific and Humanistic Aspects of rDzogs-Chen Thought

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Matrix of Mystery: Scientific and Humanistic Aspects of rDzogs-Chen Thought
By: Herbert V. Guenther

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Author: Herbert V. Guenther
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1570626499 / 9781570626494
Publication Date: January 1983

Product Code: 12299

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World-renowned Buddhist scholar Herbert V. Guenther here offers the first comprehensive study of the rDzogs-chen or Ati tradition of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Matrix of Mystery explores man's ability to preserve as well as transmit essential insights into the structure of reality.

Utilizing a key root Buddhist scripture, the Guhyagarbha ("Matrix of Mystery"), along with dozens of commentarial Tibetan textual sources, Guenther presents the most profound teachings of the Buddhist tradition, which represent the culmination of religious thought and practice in Tibet. In relating these teachings in modern scientific and humanistic perspectives, he demonstrates how, in many cases, the traditional religious and modern secular perspectives on the nature of reality interface.

Professor Guenther discusses the mandala and the deities that reside therein; the organizing principles of body, speech, mind, quality, and action, the three bodies of the buddha (trikaya); the inseparability of prajna and skillful means; and the complex field of Buddhist iconography. Throughout, quotations from numerous Tibetan sources are used to illustrate various teachings. His book will appeal to any serious student of Tibetan Buddhism.

Matrix of Mystery, Herbert V. Guenther, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 1984/2001, 316 Pages, $30.00

Herbert V. Guenther is Professor Emeritus of Far Eastern Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. Among his many published works are his translation of The Life and Teaching of Naropa and The Dawn of Tantra.

Preface vii

Introduction to the Scope of Being 1

The Problem Situation 15

The Recognition of the Problem Situation as the Evolutionary Zero Point 32

Interlude 64

In-Depth Appraisals and Configurational Processes 74

The Aesthetics of the Virtual Patterns 121

Fury of Being 139

Optimum Attainment Standards as Preprograms 173

In Praise of Wholeness 197

Notes 209

Bibliography 291

Indexes

Tibetan Technical Terms 299

Subject Index 307

Names: Sanskrit & Tibetan 315

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