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Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp of the Five Stages (rim lnga rab ti sgal ba'i sgron me): Practical Instruction in the King of Tantras: The Glorious Esoteric Commnuity
by Tsong Khapa

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Translator: Robert Thurman
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781935011002
Publication Date: 2011

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The present work is the cornerstone of our Jey Yabsey Sungbum Collection, a subset of our Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences series. Compromised of the collected work of Tsong Khapa Losang Drakpa (1357-1419) and His Spiritual Sons, Gyaltsap Darma Rinchen (1364-1432) and Khendrup Gelek Pelsang (1385-1438), this Collection is a voluminous set of independent Tibetan treatises and super commentaries, all based on the thousands of works contained in the Kangyur and Tengyur Collections.
The Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp of the Five Stages (Rim Inga rab tu gsal ba'i sgron me) is Tsong Khampa's most important commentary on the perfection stage practices of the Esoteric Community (Guhyasamaja), the Tantra he considered fundamental for the practice of the "Father Tantra" class of Unexcelled Yoga Tantras. It draws heavily on Nagarjuna's Five Stages (Pancakrama) and Aryadeva's Lamp the integrates the Practices (Caryamelapakapradipa),as well as a vast range of perfection stage works included in the Tibetan Kangyur and Tengyur collections. It is an important work for both scholars and practitioners. An annotated translation is supplemented with extensive glossaries and other support material. A companion volume of the critically edited Tibetan text, annotated with the found quoted from Tengyur and Kangyur texts in Tibetan and Sanskrit where available, will soon be published in a limited edition, and as an e-book.

Contents: Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp of the Five Stages (Rim lnga rab tu gsal ba'i sgron me) - Practical Instruction in the King of Tantras, The Glorious Esoteric Community

Series Editor's/Author's Preface xi

Sources, Conventions, and Abbreviations xvi

Part One: Introduction

1. What is a "Buddha Vajradhara," the Goal of this Tradition? 3

2. Who Are the Beings Who Maintain this Tradition? 14

3. Who is the Inspiration of this Author? 27

4. Who Are His Honored Tibetan Predecessors and Mentors? 28

5. Who Most Needs the Esoteric Community? 30

6. Who Are the Lucky Students of this Text? 31

7. How to Study this Text 31

Part Two: Annotated English Translation

I. Introductory 35

II. General Learning of the Tantric Path 93

III. Explanation of the Perfection Stage of this Tantra in Particular 149

IV. Body Isolation 179

V. Speech Isolation in General 221

VI. Speech Isolation - How to Practice 287

VII. Mind Isolation 351

VIII. Two Reality Perfection Stage 395

IX. Ultimate Clear Light Transparence 457

X. The Perfect Stage of Communion 493

XI. Conduct, the Art of Heightening Impact on the Two Stages 517

Appendix, Glossaries, Bibliographies, Indexes

Appendix: Topical Outline (sa bead) of the Brilliant Illumination 576

Glossaries

English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Glossary 593

Glossary of Numerical Catagories 627

Glossary of Unique Translation Terms 641

Bibliographies

Modern Sources 664

Cited Texts (Sanskrit and Tibetan) 669

Indexes

Cited Personal Names (Sanskrit and
Tibetan) 703

Cited Texts (Sanskrit and Tibetan) 706

General Index 714

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