Ornament of Stainless Light: An Exposition of the Kalachakra Tantra
"The Kalacakra, or "wheel of time," tantra likely entered Indian Mahayana Buddhism around the tenth century. In expounding the root tantra, the Indian master Pundarika one of the legendary Kalki kings of the land of Shambhala, wrote his influential Stainless Light. Ornament of Stainless Light is an authoritative Tibetan exposition of this important text, composed in the fifteenth century by Khedrup Norsang Gyatso, tutor to the second Dalai Lama." One of the central projects of Kalacakra...
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The Kalachakra (literally, "Wheel of Time") tantra, a core practice of Tibetan Buddhism, is a method for transforming the universe by working with the body and mind. This first volume of the Library of Tibetan Classics series was hand-picked by the Dalai Lama — who recognized it as the finest possible explication of this practice.
Ornament of stainless light : an exposition of the outer, inner, and other Kalacakra1Compilation of the Root and Condensed tantra252The primordial mind and body533The three themes of Kalacakra tantra754The formation of the external world and its dimensions795The inhabitants of this world916The stars and the planets1057Resolving contradictions between Kalacakra and Abhidharma cosmology1458The development of the body1619Channels, winds, and drops17710Discrepancies between Kalacakra and other tantras19511Qualifications of master and disciple21112Description of the mandala22513The initiations23114The seven childhood initiations24315The four higher initiations24716The higher-than-high initiations25717The two stages27118The generation stage27719The two accumulations28120The body vajra28521Analysis of the colors of the lunar-day deities30322Resolving doubts concerning the process of generation31723The speech vajra34124The mind vajra36925The gnosis vajra37526The six-branched yoga39127Withdrawal : night yoga41128Withdrawal : day yoga43929The yoga of meditative absorption46130Pranayama : the yoga of the winds47531Vajra recitation48332Vase yoga49533The yoga of retention51334The yoga of recollection52335The yoga of meditative concentration55336The fruits of the two stages585App. 1Table of Tibetan translation595App. 2Enumerations mentioned in the text598App. 3Time measurement602App. 4Linear measurement604App. 5Kalacakra word-numerals605App. 6Approximation and accomplishment in the six-branched yoga610App. 7The six elements and the inner world611App. 8Kalacakra-related chronology612App. 9Diagram : the Kalacakra world realm615App. 10Diagram : the sun's path over the earth and water mandalas616
