The Concealed Essence of the Hevajra Tantra: With the Commentary Yogaratnamala (English and Sanskrit Edition)

The treatise is composed of discourses between the Bhagavan Buddha and his disciple Vajragarba, and includes discourses between the Bhagavan and his consort. The Hevajra Tantra, like other Buddhist Sutras and Tantras, commences with the Nidanavakyam--evam maya srutam (Thus have I heard). This is the source for the expose of the Upaya, The means, the modes of practice. The Hevajra Tantra is a non-dual, Yogini tantra of the late Mantrayna tradition of Buddhism which was composed in northeastern India during the 8th century A.D. It was one of the principle later tantric cycles which were first introduced into Tibet during the late 10th century in a general reintroduction of the Buddhism there after the persecutions of the previous century. The origins of the tantric Buddhist Wisdom and Means method exposed in the Hevajra Tantra can be traced to the views found in the 1st century A.D. Mdhyamika works of Ngrjuna and the works of other Mahyna schools as well as through the texts of the later, 6th7th century Yoga tantra tradition. The method of the Hevajra Tantra was especially evolved from the views on the tantric Buddhist method found in the Guhyasamja Tantra , the Manjuri Mlakalpa , and other Yoga tantra works. The Yogaratnaml , also known as the Hevajra Panjika (9th cent. A.D.), is a principal commentary of the Hevajra Tantra by the Mahasiddha and Pandit Krishnacarya. This English translation of a principal root Tantra together with a translation of a major commentary by a Mahasiddha offers an authentic insight into the radical bio-genetic and psychological views of the Yogi tradition of Mantrayna Buddhism. These two translations therefore highlight not only the sophisticated but controversial Buddhist tantric methods, which constitute the very essence of the Tibetan tantric method, but also provide an authoritative historical record of and testament to the unique and uninhibited classic, 5th13th century tantric period of Indian religious history. Treatise On Tantric Buddhism; Includes Yogaratnamālā Or Hevājra Pañjikā, Commentary By Kr̥ṣṇavajrapāda, 11th Cent. Translated Into English And Edited By G.w. Farrow And I. Menon. English And Sanskrit (sanskrit In Roman). Includes Index. Treatise on Tantric Buddhism; includes Yogaratnamālā or Hevājra Pañjikā, commentary by Krsṇạvajrapāda, 11th cent.