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Books audiotapes and classes about yoga are today as familiar as they are widespread but we in the West have only recently become engaged in the meditative doctrines of the Eastonly in the last 70 or 80 years in fact In the early part of the 20th century it was the pioneering effortsof keen scholars like W Y EvansWentz the late editor of this volume that triggered our ongoing occidental fascination with such phenomena as yoga Zen and meditation Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrinesa companion to the popular Tibetan Book of the Dead which is also published by Oxford in anauthoritative EvansWentz editionis a collection of seven authentic Tibetan yoga texts that first appeared in English in 1935In these pages amid useful photographs and reproductions of yoga paintings and manuscripts readers will encounter some of the principal meditations used by Hindu and Tibetan gurus and philosophers throughout the ages in the attainment of Right Knowledge and Enlightenment Special commentariesprecede each translated text and a comprehensive introduction contrasts the tenets of Buddhism with European notions of religion philosophy and science EvansWentz has also included a body of orally transmitted traditions and teachings that he received firsthand during his fifteenplus years ofstudy in the Orient findings that will interest any student of anthropology psychology comparative religion or applied Mahyna Yoga These seven distinct but intimately related texts will grant any reader a full and complete view of the spiritual teachings that still inform the life and cultureof the East As with EvansWentzs other three Oxford titles on Tibetan religion which are also appearing in new editions this third edition of Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines features a new foreword by Donald S Lopez author of the recent Prisoners of ShangriLa Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Tibetan Buddhists for centuries have planted these flags outside their homes and places of spiritual practice for the wind to carry the beneficent vibrations across the countryside. Prayer flags are said to bring happiness, long life and prosperity to the flag planter and those in the vicinity. Dharma prints bear traditional Buddhist symbols, protectors and enlightened beings. As the Buddhist spiritual approach is non-theistic, the elements of Tantric iconography do not stand for external beings, but represent aspects of enlightened mind i.e. Chapter . 10: . Tibetan Buddhism, . women . and . gender. Main topics covered. . Introduction. Gender in Tibetan . society. Women’s religious roles within Indian Buddhism. Women religious roles within Tibetan Buddhism. Chapter 6:. Ethics and Tibetan Buddhism. Main topics covered. Introduction. Bases for Buddhist ethics. Alternative moral dimensions in Tibetan Buddhist society. Historical dimensions. Key points 1. Who or what is the Dali Lama?. How many Dali Lamas have their been?. Explain the process for choosing a Dali Lama. . Where does the Dali Lama live and why does he . live there?. If you could be reincarnated into anything what would you be?. . Dalai Lama is the head monk of Tibetan Buddhism and traditionally has been responsible for the governing of Tibet, until the Chinese government took control in 1959. There have been only 14 Dalai Lamas in the history of Buddhism, and the first and second Dalai Lamas were given the title . Exile. Dr. . Tsering. . Tsamchoe. Central Council of Tibetan Medicine, . Dharamsala. , India. Homage to Medicine Buddha. With Compassion, serves all the sentient beings,. ”O Enlightened One”. Mere hearing your name, . One of the world’s most complex religions. Tibetan Buddhism. It borrows from many faiths.. It is practiced at many levels.. It evolves.. It has no definitive canon of scriptures. . It has many branches and spokespersons. . Chapter 4:. Tibetan Buddhism as a path to liberation:. II. Tantric . t. eachings. Main topics covered. Tantric practice and the lama. Retreat and the training of the subtle body. . Tantra. and sexuality. Write four to five lines. What is the Dalai Lama?. Spiritual and political leader of Tibet. Incarnation of . Avalokiteshvara. Bodhisattva of Compassion. Lamas: Tibetan Buddhist monks. Who is the Dalai Lama?. Chapter . 8:. Tibetan Buddhism as . practical religion. Main topics covered. Introduction. Practical . religion . in Indian Buddhism. Practical . religion . in Tibet. Lamas, monks and monasteries as fields of karma. Chapter . 7:. Lamas and . other religious practitioners. Main topics covered. Lamas and lay practitioners. The two propagations of the teachings. Hereditary lamas. Visionary lamas (. tertön. ). Reincarnate lamas. Chapter 11:. The Bon religion of Tibet. Main topics covered. Introduction. Yungdrung Bon. Bonpo narratives and teachings. Bonpo history and the relationship with Buddhism. The history of . Bon . 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