Today, a new generation of Buddhists searches for ways to adopt Vajrayana while staying true to its historical legacy. Modern Tantric Buddhism unpacks the principles and applications of this esoteric practice in an accessible and meaningful manner, connecting its roots to a socially engaged, modern-day dharma. Taking a traditional Tibetan pedagogical approach, Lama Justin von Bujdoss divides the book into three thematic sections: Body, as it applies to physicality and embodiment; Speech, or ethical action; and Mind, the context of awakening. Von Bujdoss challenges assumptions about what it means to be a socially engaged Buddhist, and presents Tantra as an ideal vehicle for critically examining today's most pressing social issues while confronting the structural inequities of patriarchy, sexism, colonialism, and racism within Buddhist institutions.

Modern Tantric Buddhism: Embodiment and Authenticity in Dharma Practice, Justin von Bujdoss, North Atlantic Books, Paperback,
300 pages, $19.95

Justin von Bujdoss is an American Buddhist teacher and chaplain. He was ordained as a repa in the Karma Kamstang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism by His Eminence Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche in 2011 and given the name Repa Dorje Odzer. Justin is passionate about the preservation of the tantric Buddhist tradition in a way that meets the needs of, and simultaneously challenges, the modern western way of life. From 2012 until 2017 Justin served as the resident-lama and executive director of New York Tsurphu Goshir Dharma Center and is presently the first dedicated Staff Chaplain for the New York City Department of Correction. In March 2018 Justin was appointed Executive Director of the Division of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for New York City Department of Correction and leads all wellness initiatives for the agency.

FORWORD	xv
Embodiment and Authenticity in Dharma Practice	xvii
INTRODUCTION	1
Be Here Now	5
Life as Experimental Dharma Art	10
Structure	12
SECTION I: BODY
OUTER BODY	17
Agency and Buddha-Nature	24
Inculturation and Authenticity	28
Bodies of Trauma (Trauma and Incarnation)	34
INNER BODY	37
Identity and Embodied Spiritual Formation	37
Pastoralism and Certainty	40
Individuation within Our Traditions	46
Language, Time, and Ideas about the Path	49
SECRET BODY	55
Approaching Death	55
Death as Guru	57
Death and the Spiritual Path	63
-- The Sensei and His Preparation for Death	64
-- Joan: When Families Unravel	69
-- Rosie's Sudden Loss	73
Instructions from Milarepa	78
-- The Intermediate State between Birth and Death	80
-- The Intermediate State of Dreams	84
SECTION II: SPEECH
OUTER SPEECH	113
Right Speech	113
Activity and Power	114
How We Carry Ourselves--Being Pregnant with Realization	120
Practice and Self-Care	125
Mantra: Milarepa and Chenrezik	127
INNER SPEECH	129
Ethics	129
Samaya	134
SECRET SPEECH	151
CHOD/Charnel Grounds	151
Tantric Conduct	172
Vamacara Practice	191
SECTION III: MIND
OUTER MIND	199
Pure-View and Sacred Geography	199
Obstacles and the Experience of Mind	207
Yidam Practice	213
The Lama as Appearance	220
-- The Causal Condition	221
-- The Empowering Condition	222
-- The Objective Condition	226
-- The Immediate Condition	227
INNER MIND	229
Padampa Sangye's Treasury of Bliss	229
Ground, Path, Fruit, and Mahamudra	244
-- The Ground	244
-- The Path	245
-- The Fruit	247
SECRET MIND	251
Tilopa's Six Nails	251
Maitripa's Six Verses on the Coemergent	259
Maitripa's Mahamudra Sancamitha	265
CONCLUSION: Resting Free	273
GLOSSARY	279
NOTES	289
BIBLIOGRAPHY	293
INDEX	297
ABOUT THE AUTHOR	317