{"product_id":"illumination-of-the-hidden-meaning","title":"Illumination of the Hidden Meaning Vol. 2: Yogic Vows, Conduct, and Ritual Praxis (2) (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTsong Khapa's Illumination of the Hidden Meaning: Mandala, Mantra, and the Cult of the \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is the second volume of the annotated translation of Tsong Khapa’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIllumination of the Hidden Meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003esbas don kun gsa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003el), a magnificent commentary on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCakrasamvara Tantra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first English translation of this important work, which marked a milestone in the Tibetan understanding and practice of the Indian Buddhist tantras. It covers the vows, observances, and conduct of the initiated yogi, particularly in relation to the yoginis, whose favor he must cultivate. It describes in great detail the rites of the tradition, including homa fire sacrifice and the uses of the mantras of the mandala’s main deities. The author provides a trilingual English-Tibetan-Sanskrit glossary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether with the present author’s related publications in this series—including a translation of the Cakrasamvara root tantra (2007) and critical editions of its Sanskrit and Tibetan texts (2012), and the first volume of this master Tibetan commentary (2017)—the reader will have the first full study of this important tantra available in English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AIBS\/Wisdom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52453471486231,"sku":"9781949163049","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/2466\/4855\/files\/20260425125147997_0001.jpg?v=1777135117","url":"https:\/\/shop.thus.org\/products\/illumination-of-the-hidden-meaning","provider":"TIBET HOUSE US NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}