{"product_id":"9780975373446","title":"The Kalacakratantra: The Chapter on the Sadhana together with the Vimalaprabha","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first complete English translation of the fourth chapter of the esoteric Buddhist \u003ci\u003eKalacakra Tantra\u003c\/i\u003e text and its eleventh-century commentary, the \u003ci\u003eStainless Light (Vimalaprabha)\u003c\/i\u003e. Building upon the \u003ci\u003eChapter on the Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e and particularly the \u003ci\u003eChapter on the Individual\u003c\/i\u003e (AIBS, 2004)—which provide the theoretical background to the \u003ci\u003eChapter on Sadhana\u003c\/i\u003e, and the reasons for the given structure and contents of the Kalacakra \u003ci\u003esadhana\u003c\/i\u003e practice—this fourth chapter illuminates the intricate connection between the practice of the \u003ci\u003eKalacakra sadhana\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eKalacakra Tantra's\u003c\/i\u003e worldview. This fourth chapter describes Buddhist Tantric generation stage practices (\u003ci\u003eutpatti-krama\u003c\/i\u003e), including instructions on protecting the place of practice, the meditative practices of the origination of the body and the deities abiding in the body, and the diverse mundane sadhanas designed to induce the mundane \u003ci\u003esiddhis\u003c\/i\u003e. It then also describes the more advanced Buddhist Tantric completion stage practices (\u003ci\u003esampatti-krama\u003c\/i\u003e), designed to lead directly to the attainment of buddhahood, called here the \"Adibuddha\" (Primordial Buddha).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe translation is supplemented with annotations and references to Tibetan commentaries and other esoteric Buddhist works. It also includes the first critical edition of the Mongolian version of the fourth chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by American Institute of Buddhist Studies (AIBS)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Institute of Buddhist Studies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023827288304,"sku":"9780975373446","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780975373446_p0.jpg?v=1763878685","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780975373446","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}