{"product_id":"the-kalacakratantra-the-chapter-on-the-individual-together-with-the-vimalaprabha-treasury-of-the-buddhist-sciences-hardcover","title":"Kalacakratantra: The Chapter on the Individual together with the Vimalaprabha (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences) Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the first complete English translation of the second chapter of the esoteric Buddhist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKalacakratantra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e text, and its eleventh-century commentary, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStainless Light (Vimalaprabha)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, often accorded pride of place as the first volume of the Tibetan Tanjur. This chapter elaborates the human \"individual\" in terms of the cosmic human who embodies the cosmos within, showing the homology of macrocosm and microcosm, the outer and inner aspects of the person. The translation is supplemented with copious references to Tibetan commentaries, and includes the first critical edition of the Mongolian version of the second chapter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby \u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003eVesna Wallace \u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e(Translator), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003eRobert Thurman \u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e(Introduction)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by American Institute of Buddhist Studies (AIBS)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Institite of Buddhist Studies (AIBS)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52810936582423,"sku":"9780975373415","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/2466\/4855\/files\/TheKalacakratantra.jpg?v=1776530422","url":"https:\/\/shop.thus.org\/products\/the-kalacakratantra-the-chapter-on-the-individual-together-with-the-vimalaprabha-treasury-of-the-buddhist-sciences-hardcover","provider":"TIBET HOUSE US NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}