Vajrayoginī - Table of Contents
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Color Plates
Line Drawings
Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1: Vajrayoginī and the Buddhist Tantras
The Buddhist Tantric Systems
The Guhyasamayasādhanamālā and Its Authors
Sādhana Collections
Tantric Sādhana
Chapter 2: The Cult of Vajrayoginī in India
The Influence of Nondual Śaivism
Transgressive Discipline (vāmācārā)
The Emergence of Vajrayoginī
The Emergence of Vajravārāhī
Dancing-Pose (ardhaparyaṅka) Vajravārāhī
Twelve-Armed Vajravārāhı in Dancing Pose
Six-Armed Vajravārāhī with Consort
Six-Armed Vajraḍākinī Vajravārāhı in Warrior Stance
Red Vajraghoṇā Vajravārāhī
White Vajraghoṇā Vajravārāhī
White Vajravārāhī
Two-Armed Vajrayoginī in Warrior Stance
Four-Armed Vajrayoginī in Warrior Stance
Red Vajravārāhī with Foot Raised
White Vajrayoginī with Foot Raised
Vajrayoginī in the Falling-Turtle Pose
Vidyādharī Vajrayoginī
Flying Vidyādharī Vajrayoginī
Vajravilāsinī Vajravārāhī
Guhyavajravilāsinī
Trikāyavajrayoginī (Chinnamastā)
Conclusions
Chapter 3: Study of the Vajravārāhī Sādhana
Outline of the Sādhana
Meditation Stage 1
Benediction
Preliminaries
Bodhisattva Preparations
Worship
Brahmavihāra Meditations
Development of Wisdom
Creating the Circle of Protection
The Cremation Grounds
The Cosmos and Temple Palace
Self-Generation through the Awakenings
Self-Visualization As Vajravārāhī
Armoring
Pledge and Knowledge Beings
Consecration
Inner Yogic Practices
The Mantra
Dwelling As Vajravārāhī
Meditation Stage 2
Fivefold Maṇḍala
Meditation Stage 3
Thirteenfold Maṇḍala
Terms for Aspects of the Maṇḍala
Meditation Stage 4
Thirty-seven-fold Maṇḍala
Circles of Mind, Speech, and Body
The Maṇḍala As Wisdom
The Maṇḍala As Doctrine
The Maṇḍala As Cosmos
The Sacred Sites (pīṭhas)
The Ten Places (deśas)
Body Maṇḍala
Mantras for the Complete Deity Maṇḍala
Ritual Practices
Tantric Ritual
The Bali Ritual
Tasting Nectar (amṛtāsvādanam)
Bali Offering with Mantras
Rite of Completion
External Worship
Worship on the Hand (hastapūjā)
Alternative External Worship
Internal Oblation
Concluding Verses
Vajravārāhī Sādhana by Umāpatideva
Meditation Stage 1
Meditation Stage 2
Meditation Stage 3
Meditation Stage 4
Ritual Practices
Cremation Grounds
Conventions, Abbreviations, and Symbols
Conventions in the Translation
Abbreviations and Symbols in the Sanskrit Text
Abbreviations and Symbols in the Apparatus
Other Editors
Silent Editorial Standardizations
Manuscript Sources
The Manuscripts of the Guhyasamayasādhanamālā (GSS)
Textual Transmission
Editorial Policy
Textual Notes
Insignificant Variants
Appendix: Summary of Sādhanas in the Guhyasamayasādhanamālā
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author