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Description Contents   This work entitled "Meditations on the Lower Tantras" from the collected works of the Dalai Lamas makes no attempt to deal with the philosophical aspects of the Lower Tantras. Rather, its aim is simply to present a range of meditation manuals from the first stage of these systems. It should be noted here that most practitioners of the Higher Tantras also practice the Lower Tantras either from time to time or as a lifetime daily meditational endeavor. The First Dalai Lama, for example, a renowned practitioner of the Kalachakra Tantra, was even more famous for his applications to the Tara and Amitayus systems. Almost every Tibetan Yogi today practices a daily sadhana of one or more of the Lower Tantra deities dealt with within the covers of this work. Meditations on the Lower Tantras, Dalai Lama II, V, VII & XIII, Tibetan Library of Works and Archives, 137 pages, $10.00 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

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