Contents: MEDITATIONS ON THE LOWER TANTRAS (A Stairway for Ascending to Tusita Buddha-field)
	Publisher's Note	vii
	Editor's Preface	ix
	Chapter One:
	The Preliminaries of Initiation	1
	Chapter Two:
	The Amitayus/Amitabha Traditions	29
	An Amitayus Longevity Yoga	31
	A Practice of Consciousness Transference	36
	Chapter Three:
	Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion	43
	A Meditation upon Four-armed Avalokiteshvara	45
	The Steps of Visualization for the Three Essential Moments	48
	The Mantric Recitation of Arya Avalokiteshvara	65
	The Fasting Practice of 11-Faced Avolokiteshvara	70
	Brief Notes on the Fasting Practice	78
	Chapter Four:
	Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom	81
	A Meditation upon Orange Manjushri	83
	A White Manjushri Method	85
	Chapter Five
	Arya Tara, Source of Enlightened Energy	89
	The Longevity Method of White Tara	91
	A Sadhan Focusing Upon Green Tara	100
	Chapter Six
	Miscellaneous Deities	105
	A Method of Accomplishing White Achala	107
	A Sadhana Focusing on the Bodhisattva Maitreya	111
	The Immutable Sarasvati	117
	A Sitatapatra Sadhana	123
	A Vajra Vidarana Sadhana	128
	A Vajrasattva Guru-Yoga Method	132
	Source References	138
	A Note on the Sanskrit	139