Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path
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Product Details
Author:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
464
Publisher:
Wisdom Publications (September 1, 2026)
Imprint:
Wisdom Publications
Release Date:
September 1, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9798890700650
Weight:
25.04oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9" x 1.4"
File:
Eloquence-SimonSchuster_05192026_P10104557_onix30-20260519.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$26.95
Pub Discount:
65
Series:
The Library of Wisdom and Compassion
Case Pack:
12
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$20.75
Publisher Identifier:
P-SS
Discount Code:
A
Overview
In this final volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion, His Holiness the Dalai Lama reveals Vajrayana as the culmination of the path to buddhahood. He answers many questions that Westerners have about empowerments, the role of the guru, and how the innate mind of clear light and the subtlest wind that reside in us right now can be transformed into the body and mind of a buddha.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama skillfully illuminates the unique qualities and complexities of Vajrayana, as practiced in Tibet, and illuminates the method to eradicate the subtlest obscurations preventing the full awakening of a buddha. Speaking to newcomers and advanced students alike, he explains the similarities and differences of the Sutra and Tantra paths. Having gathered many of the doubts and difficult points concerning the tantric path, he clarifies the purpose of receiving proper empowerment by qualified gurus and the ethical restraints and commitments required to enter the path of secret mantra. The paths and stages of the four tantric classes are explained, as are the generation-stage and completion-stage practices of Highest Yoga Tantra. You are introduced to the practices of clear appearance and divine identity common to all tantric sadhanas, as well as the unique practices of illusory body and actual clear light that overcome the subtlest defilements on the mind and eliminate all obscurations quickly.
The understanding of emptiness in Sutra and Tantra is the same, but the consciousness perceiving emptiness differs. In Highest Yoga Tantra that consciousness is great bliss, which arises from knowing the methods to manipulate the channels, winds, and drops of the subtle body. In short, in Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path the Dalai Lama sets out the path that leads to blissful awakening and enables us to be of great benefit to all sentient beings.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama skillfully illuminates the unique qualities and complexities of Vajrayana, as practiced in Tibet, and illuminates the method to eradicate the subtlest obscurations preventing the full awakening of a buddha. Speaking to newcomers and advanced students alike, he explains the similarities and differences of the Sutra and Tantra paths. Having gathered many of the doubts and difficult points concerning the tantric path, he clarifies the purpose of receiving proper empowerment by qualified gurus and the ethical restraints and commitments required to enter the path of secret mantra. The paths and stages of the four tantric classes are explained, as are the generation-stage and completion-stage practices of Highest Yoga Tantra. You are introduced to the practices of clear appearance and divine identity common to all tantric sadhanas, as well as the unique practices of illusory body and actual clear light that overcome the subtlest defilements on the mind and eliminate all obscurations quickly.
The understanding of emptiness in Sutra and Tantra is the same, but the consciousness perceiving emptiness differs. In Highest Yoga Tantra that consciousness is great bliss, which arises from knowing the methods to manipulate the channels, winds, and drops of the subtle body. In short, in Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path the Dalai Lama sets out the path that leads to blissful awakening and enables us to be of great benefit to all sentient beings.
