{"product_id":"the-complete-nyingma-tradition-from-sutra-to-tantra-books-15-to-17-isbn-9781559394369","title":"The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Books 15 to 17","description":"\u003cb\u003eChoying  Tobden Dorje's magnum opus presented in English for the first time, in  an authoritative translation prepared under the auspices of well-known  and highly respected Tibetan teachers and translators.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra\u003c\/i\u003e,  a multivolume masterwork by the eighteenth-century tantric master  Choying Tobden Dorje, traces the path of the Nyingma tradition of  Tibetan Buddhism from beginning to end. \u003ci\u003eBooks 15 to 17: The Essential Tantras of Mahayoga\u003c\/i\u003e concerns the first of the three classes of highest, or inner, tantras. It presents the entire text of the \u003ci\u003eGuhyagarbha Tantra,\u003c\/i\u003e in Tibetan and English, together with one of its most important commentaries, \u003ci\u003eDispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions,\u003c\/i\u003e by the outstanding fourteenth-century master Longchen Rabjam. In  addition, it presents the author's rewriting of Candragomin's  inspirational \u003ci\u003eExtensive Commentary on the Sublime Litany of the Names of Mañjuśrī\u003c\/i\u003e, which correlates diverse aspects of Mañjuśrī to the five pristine cognitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis product (Books 15 to 17) will be published as two volumes in a slipcase.\"This monumental treatise, covering both common and esoteric Buddhist  lore, was composed by Choying Tobden Dorje, a most illustrious scholar  and accomplished sage. Fortunately, among his voluminous books, this,  his masterwork, has survived and has been carefully translated true to  the original. It will open the eyes of serious readers to the vast  spectrum of Buddhist wisdom.\"—Tulku ThondupCHOYING TOBDEN DORJE (1787-1848) was a brilliant Buddhist master from  the Amdo region of eastern Tibet, renowned for his realization of great  perfection. A disciple of the first Dodrupchen Rinpoche, he founded the  monastery of Dzokchen Namgyal Ling and was instrumental in establishing  the community of lay tantric practitioners known as the Repkong  Ngak-mang. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGYURME DORJE holds a master's degree in Sanskrit and a PhD in Tibetan  literature from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the  University of London. He has written, edited, translated, and  contributed to numerous books on Tibetan culture, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation.\u003c\/i\u003e He is based in Crieff, Scotland.","brand":"Snow Lion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302176641253,"sku":"NP9781559394369","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781559394369.jpg?v=1767738793","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-complete-nyingma-tradition-from-sutra-to-tantra-books-15-to-17-isbn-9781559394369","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}