Vajra Wisdom presents the commentaries of two great nineteenth-century Nyingma masters that guide practitioners engaged in development stage practice through a series of straightforward instructions. The rarity of this kind of material in English makes it indispensable for practitioners and scholars alike.

The goal of development stage meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition is to directly realize the inseparability of phenomena and emptiness. Preceded by initiation and oral instructions, the practitioner arrives at this view through the profound methods of deity visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption.

Vajra Wisdom: Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism, Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima, Shechen Gyaltsap IV, Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Snow Lion Publications, Hardcover, 256 pp, $24.95

Khartrul Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima, recognized as a reincarnation of Santaraksita, was a nineteenth-century master from Repkong, the homeland of Shabkar and many other masters. His Father was Choying Thobden Dorje, the author of the Treasury of Sutras and Tantras, a landmark text widely studied in eastern Tibet. Shechen Gyaltsap IV, Gyurme Pema Namgyal (1871-1926) was one of the most learned and accomplished scholar-practioners of his time. His thirteen volumes of collected writings contain lucid and profound commentaries on many aspects of Buddhist philosophy and practice. He was on of the primary teachers of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

Contents: VAJRA WISDOM: Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism by Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima & Shechen Gyaltsap IV
Foreword by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche	vii
Translator's Introduction	1
The Compendium of Oral Instructions: General Notes on the Rituals of the Development Stage by Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima	11
Illuminating Jewel Mirror: A Brief, Clear, and Comprehensible Overview of the Development Stage by Shechen Gyaltsap Pema Namgyal	129
Bibliography	245