Forgotten Tales of Individuation from Ancient Tibet
This book deals in narrative form with the theme of recovering lost wholeness--with the perennial question of beginnings and what role a human being must play in order to find meaning in his or her life.
Saraha's Three Cycles of Doha
Beginning with a brief account of Saraha's life from what little is known of it, the book surveys his major work, his trilogy of the People, King and Queen Doha. The three most important aspects of his evocative wholeness, body and complexity, are discussed at length, since these ideas underline Saraha's songs. The scarcity of indigenous Indian source material necessitates constant reference to the rich Tibetan tradition, in particular the nDzogs-chen/sNying-thig teaching.
Translated from the Original Tibetan with a Philosophical Commentary Based on the Oral Transmission
In the history of Tibetan Buddhism, the eleventh-century Indian mystic Nbropa occupies an unusual position, for his life and teachings mark both the end of a long tradition and the beginning of a new and rich era in Buddhist thought. Nbropa's biography, translated by the world-renowned Buddhist scholar Herbert V. Guenther from hitherto unknown sources, describes with great psychological insight the spiritual development of this scholar-saint. It is unique in that it also contains a detailed analysis of his teaching that has been authoritative for the whole of Tantric Buddhism. This modern translation is accompanied by a commentary that relates Buddhist concepts to Western analytic philosophy, psychiatry, and depth psychology, thereby illuminating the significance of Tantra and Tantrism for our own time. Yet above all, it is the story of an individual whose years of endless toil and perseverance on the Buddhist path will serve as an inspiration to anyone who aspires to spiritual practice.
In the history of Tibetan Buddhism, the eleventh-century Indian mystic Naropa occupies an unusual position, for his life and teachings mark both the end of a long tradition and the beginning of a new and rich era in Buddhist thought. Naropa's biography, translated by the world-renowned Buddhist scholar Herbert V. Guenther from hitherto unknown sources, describes with great psychological insight the spiritual development of this scholar-saint. It is unique in that it also contains a detailed analysis of his teaching that has been authoritative for the whole of Tantric Buddhism. This modern translation is accompanied by a commentary that relates Buddhist concepts to Western analytic philosophy, psychiatry, and depth psychology, thereby illuminating the significance of Tantra and Tantrism for our own time. Yet above all, it is the story of an individual whose years of endless toil and perseverance on the Buddhist path will serve as an inspiration to anyone who aspires to spiritual practice.
The first of three volumes of Longchenpa's Ngal-gso-skor-gsum, Part One contains the essential teachings of the Mahayana and prepares the way for Vajrayana practices. A specific series of contemplations is followed by profound meditations on the nature of mind and reality. With detailed notes on key Tibetan terms.
Tantra als Lebensanschauung - Selbstverwirklichung und Seinserkenntnis durch das gesteigerte Erlebnis der körperlichen Liebe - bk989; Manfred Pawlak Verlag; Herbert V. Guenther; Paperback; 1992
A Preface, Introduction, and eight chapters on the significance of Tantra in India and Tibet. Includes "Karmamudra and Jnanamudra in Art".
