Two Esoteric Sutras: The Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra and The Susiddhikara Sutra Translated from the Chinese

This volume contains The Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra and The Susiddhikara Sutra , two important texts in the corpus of Buddhist Tantric literature. These texts include a general introduction in the conventional format of Buddhist scriptures and a supplementary introduction that describes the nature of Mahavairocana, equatable with the Dharma-body, first primarily from the perspective of his aspect as the essence of the Sixteen Bodhisattvas in the Dharma, Great, and Samaya Mandalas, and then in his capacity as the essence of the Dharma-realm. The body describes the samadhis characteristic of the Yoga Tantras, an exposition of the rites of initiation, a description of the rites to be performed by the teacher in the mandala, the manner in which he is to initiate the disciple, and how the disciple is to obtain various types of "success" and "seal-knowledge" required for performing rituals associated with the Great Mandala "Adamantine Realm", along with miscellaneous rules. TWO ESOTERIC SUTRAS Front Matters Title Page Copyright A Message on the Publication of the English Tripitaka Editorial Foreword Publisher’s Foreword Table of Contents The Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra Table of Contents Translator’s Introduction Fascicle One: Extended Rules for the Great Mandala “Adamantine Realm” (I) Fascicle Two: Extended Rules for the Great Mandala [“Adamantine Realm”] (II) Fascicle Three: Extended Rules for the Great Mandala [“Adamantine Realm”] (III) Notes Bibliography The Susidhikara Sutra Table of Contents Translator’s Introduction Fascicle One Fascicle Two Fascicle Three Notes Bibliography Back Matters Glossary Index A List of the Volumes of the BDK English Tripitaka(First Series) The Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra -- The Susiddhikara Sutra. [translated] By Rolf W. Giebel. Translated From The Chinese (taishō Volume 18, Numbers 865, 893). In English, Translated From The Chinese Translation Of The Original In Sanskrit. Translated by Rolf W Giebel, this volume contains The Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra and The Susiddhikara Sutra, two important texts from the Yoga and Kriya Tantras of Esoteric Buddhism, from eighth-century Chinese sources.