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Tsong Khapa’s Illumination of the Hidden Meaning: Maṇḍala, Mantra, and the Cult of The Yoginīs, Vol. 1
Author Gray, David B. ; Tsong Khapa
Date2017.05.01
Pages449
PublisherAmerican Institute of Buddhist Studies
Publisher Url http://aibs.columbia.edu/
LocationNew York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國]
SeriesTreasury of the Buddhist Sciences
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
NoteDavid B. Gray is assistant professor of religious studies at Santa Clara University. He is the author of The Cakrasamvara Tantra (The Discourse of Sri Heruka): A Study and Annotated Translation (AIBS, 2007); The Cakrasamvara Tantra (The Discourse of Sri Heruka): Editions of the Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts (AIBS, 2009); and numerous articles.
AbstractThis is the first volume of the annotated translation of Tsong Khapa’s Illumination of the Hidden Meaning (sbas don kun gsal), a magnificent commentary on the Cakrasamvara Tantra. This is the first English translation of this important work, which marked a milestone in the history of the Tibetan understanding and practice of the Indian Buddhist tantras.

This first volume, which includes Tsong Khapa’s detailed introduction to chapters 1–24 of the 51-chapter Cakrasamvara root tantra, covers the history of the tradition, its interpretation, and a wide range of topics including the construction of the maṇḍala, the consecration therein, the decoding of mantras and their ritual applications, and details concerning the clans of the yoginīs.

The author situates the work in context, and explores in depth the sources used by Tsong Khapa in composing this commentary. He also provides detailed notes, a trilingual English–Tibetan–Sanskrit glossary, and an appendix that includes a translation of Sumatikīrti’s synopsis of the Cakrasamvara Tantra entitled the Laghusaṃvaratantrapaṭalābhisandhi, which is quoted by Tsong Khapa in its entirety in his commentary.

Together with the author’s related publications in this series—including translations of the root Cakrasamvara Tantra (2007, 2010, 2019); the critically edited Sanskrit and Tibetan texts of the root tantra (2012); and the second volume of this master Tibetan commentary (chapters 25–51), subtitled Yogic Vows, Conduct, and Ritual Praxis (2019)—the reader will have the first full study of this important tantra available in English.
ISBN9781935011095 (hc); 193501109X (hc)
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  1. Book Review: Tsong Khapa’s Illumination of the Hidden Meaning, Part I: Maṇḍala, Mantra, and the Cult of the Yoginīs, translated by David B. Gray / Emory-Moore, Christopher (評論)
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