The Great Exposition Of Secret Mantra, Volume 3

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This is the third book in a three-volume series presenting The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra. The first two books are Tantra in Tibet and Deity Yoga. Rarely in the Dalai Lama's lifetime has he given teachings of such a nature on the topic of Yoga Tantra. This book offers an in-depth look into the challenging and rewarding practice. This is an invaluable book for anyone who is practicing or interested in Buddhist tantra in general.This is the third book in a three-volume series presenting The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra. The first two books are Tantra in Tibet and Deity Yoga. Rarely in the Dalai Lama's lifetime has he given teachings of such a nature on the topic of Yoga Tantra. This book offers an in-depth look into the challenging and rewarding practice. This is an invaluable book for anyone who is practicing or interested in Buddhist tantra in general.
HIS HOLINESS THE FOURTEENTH DALAI LAMA is considered the foremost Buddhist leader of our time. The exiled head of the Tibetan people, he is a Nobel Peace Laureate, a Congressional Gold Medal recipient, and a remarkable teacher and scholar who has authored over one hundred books. TSONGKHAPA (1357-1419), founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, was one of Tibet's greatest philosophers and a prolific writer. His most famous work,aThe Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path, is a classic of Tibetan Buddhism. JEFFREY HOPKINS is Founder and President of the UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies. He is Professor Emeritus of Tibetan Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia, where he taught Tibetan Buddhist Studies and Tibetan language for thirty-two years from 1973. He served as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's chief interpreter into English on lecture tours for ten years, 1979-1989, and has translated and edited fifteen books from oral teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has also published numerous translations of important Buddhist texts that represent the diversity of views found in Tibetan Buddhism.