Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines [[electronic resource] ] : or, Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path, According to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453412803321
• Autore: Evans-Wentz W. Y
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-972789-9
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3420423; 294.3923
• Soggetti: Buddhism; Spiritual life; Yoga; Spiritual life - Buddhism - China - Tibet Autonomous Region; Yoga - Tantric Buddhism; Religion; Philosophy & Religion; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: XI. Karma and RebirthXII. The Exoteric Versus the Esoteric Teachings; XIII. The Translating and Editing of the Texts; XIV. The Unity and Practical Value of the Texts; XV. The New Renaissance and the Masters of Wisdom; BOOK I: THE SUPREME PATH OF DISCIPLESHIP: THE PRECEPTS OF THE GURUS; THE INTRODUCTION; I. The Book's Compiler and his Fellow Disciple; II. The Transmission of the Teachings; III. The Texts of The Precious Rosary; IV. The Precepts Compared with ' Elegant Sayings'; THE OBEISANCE AND FOREWORD; THE TWENTY-EIGHT CATEGORIES OF YOGIC PRECEPTS; I. The Ten Causes of Regret; II. The Ten RequirementsIII. The Ten Things to be Done; IV. The Ten Things to be Avoided; V. The Ten Things Not to be Avoided; VI. The Ten Things one Must Know; VII. The Ten Things to be Practised; VIII. The Ten Things to be Persevered in; IX. The Ten Incentives; X. The Ten Errors; XI. The Ten Resemblances Wherein One May Err; XII. The Ten ; Things Wherein One Erreth Not; XIII. The Thirteen Grievous Failures; XIV. The Fifteen Weaknesses; XV. The Twelve Indispensable Things; XVI. The Ten Signs of a Superior Man; XVII. The Ten Useless Things; XVIII. The Ten Self-Imposed Troubles; IV. The Line of the GurusTHE OBEISANCE AND FOREWORD; PART I: THE PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS: THE TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS; PART II: THE ESSENTIAL SUBJECT MATTER; The Ordinary Practices; The Extra-Ordinary Practices; PART III: THE CONCLUSION; Recognizing the Great Symbol; and the Four Yogic Attainments; Analysing the Impediments and Errors while Treading the Path; Differentiating Experiences and Practical from Theoretical Knowledge; THE COLOPHON; BOOK III: THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE: THE YOGA OF THE SIX DOCTRINES; THE INTRODUCTION; I. The Four Classes of Tantras; II. The Doctrine of the Psychic-Heat
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 East--only in the last 70 or 80 years, in fact. In the early part of the 20th century, it was the pioneering efforts of keen scholars like W. Y. Evans-Wentz, the late editor of this volume, that triggered our ongoing occidental fascination with such phenomena as yoga, Zen, and meditation. Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines--a companion to the popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, which is also published by Oxford in an author