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Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines

or Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path

W. Y. Evans Wentz

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

As in the Tibetan Book of the Dead and in Tibet`s Great Yogi Milarepaso in this book, the third in a threefold series, my aim has been to place on record not only a catena of carefully made translations of texts which are yet almost unknown in Occidental countries, but also a body of orally transmitted traditions and teachings relating to the texts, which I received from the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup, who was my Tibetan guru.

The present work thus contains much that is new to Western thought, and much that, apart from its value for philosophy and religion, is interesting anthropologically. It should prove to be of the same quality and public appeal as the two volumes of the series which have already been published. Perhaps it may be found to be the most valuable  member of the trilogy, in much as it gives the very texts of some of the principal yogas and meditations which many of the most illustrious Tibetan and Indian philosophers, including Tilopa, Marpa, and Milarepa, employed in attaining Right Knowledge…

TABLE OF CONTENTS

REFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FOREWORD

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

YOGIS COMMENTARY

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

I.             The importance and original sources of this volume

II.             The commentary

III.             Some misconceptions concerning Buddhism

IV.            The incompleteness of the Occident`s Knowledge of Buddhism

V.             The Joyous Optimism of Buddhism

VI.            The wisdom of the Mahayana

VII.         The yoga Philosophy

VIII.         Yoga and Religion

IX.            Buddhistic yoga

X.             The Psychology of the Yogis Visualizations

XI.            Karma and Rebirth

XII.         The Exoteric Versus the Esoteric Teachings

XIII.        The translating an Editing of the Texts

XIV.        The Unity and Practical Value of the Texts

XV.        The New Renaissance and the Matters of Wisdom

BOOK I

THE SUPREME PATH OF THE DISCIPLESSHIP:

THE PRECEPTS OF THE GURUS

THE INTRODUCTION

I.                  The book`s Compiler and his Fellow Disciple

II.                The Transmission of the Teachings

III.               The texts of the Precious Rosary

IV.              The Precepts Compared with “Elegant Sayings”

V.               The ten things not to be Avoided

VI.              The ten things one must know

VII.            The ten things to be practiced

VIII.            The ten things to be persevered in

IX.             The ten incentives

X.              The ten errors

XI.            The ten resemblances wherein one may err

XII.           The ten things wherein one erreth not

XIII.         The thirteen grievous failures

XIV.         The fifteen weaknesses

XV.          The twelve indispensable things

XVI.         The signs of a superior man

XVII.   

BOOK II

THE NIRVANIC PATH: THE YOGA OF THE GREAT SYMBOL

THE INTRODUCTION

I.               The history of the Great Symbol Teachings

II.              The texts and the translation

III.             The character of the Great Symbol Teachings

IV.            The Line of the Gurus

THE OBEISANCE AND FOREWORD

PART I: THE PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS: THE TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS

PART II: THE ESSENTIAL SUBJECT MATTER

THE COLOPHON

BOOK III

THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE: THE YOGA OF THE SIX DOCTRINES

THE INTRODUCTION

I.               The four classes of Tantras

II.              The Doctrine of the Psychic-Heat

III.             The Doctrine of the Illusory Body

IV.            The Doctrine of the Dream-State

V.              The Doctrine of the Clear-Light

VI.            The Doctrine of the After-Death State

VII.         The Doctrine of the Consciousness-Transference

THE OBEISANCE AND FOREWORD

CHAPTER I: THE DOCTRINE OF THE PSYCHIC-HEAT

CHAPTER II: THE DOCTRINE OF THE ILLUSORY BODY

CHAPTER III: THE DOCTRINE OF THE DREAM-STATE

CHAPTER IV: THE DOCTRINE OF THE CLEAR LIGHT

CHAPTER V: THE DOCTRINE OF THE AFTER-DEATH STATE

CHAPTER VI: THE DOCTRINE OF CONSCIOUSNESS- TRANSFERENCE

THE COLOPHON

BOOK IV

THE PATH OF TRANSFERENCE: THE YOGA OF CONSCIOUSNESS-TRANSFERENCE

THE INTRODUCTION

PART I: THE PROFOUND PATH OF CONSCIOUSNESS-TRANSFERENCE

PART II: THE TRANSFERENCE OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE DECEASED

PART III: THE DESCRIPTION OF THE LINE OF THE GURUS

BOOK V

THE PATH OF THE MYSTIC SACRIFICE: THE YOGA OF SUBDUING THE LOWER SELF

THE INTRODUCTION

I.               The history of the Doctrine of Non-ego

II.              The Tibetan versification

III.             The practitioners of the Chod Rite

IV.            The essential teaching

V.              The Chod Rite as a Mystic Drama

VI.            The comparison with the Tibetan mystery-play

VII.          The Origin of disease According to the Lamas

VIII.          The comparison with the Bali ceremony of Ceylon

IX.            The Art of Exorcism

X.              The performance of the Mystery-play

XI.            The anthropological interpretation

XII.          The Bodhisattva’s Mystic Sacrifice

BOOK VI

THE PATH OF THE FIVE WISDOMS: THE YOGA OF THE LONG HUM

THE INTRODUCTION: THE YOGA OF THE FIVE WISDOM

THE SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LONG HUM

THE OBEISANCE AND MEDITATION

THE CONCLUDING MANTRA

BOOK VII

THE PATH OF THE TRASCENDENTAL WISDOM: THE YOGA OF THE VOIDNESS

THE INTRODUCTION

I.               The Prajna-Paramita: its History and Esotericism

II.              Translations from an Apocryphal Text

III.             The Canonical Texts and Commentaries

IV.            The Doctrine of the Voidness Viewed Historically

V.               The Absolute as inherent in Phenomena

VI.            The practising of the Prajjna-Paramita

THE OBEISANCE

THE SANSKRIT AND TIBETAN TITLE

THE QUESTION OF SHARI-PUTRA

THE REPLY BY AVALOKITESHVARA

THE BUDDHA`S APPROVAL

THE ADDENDUM

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