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The idea for this book arose as early as 1981, when lama yeshe said he felt there was a need for a work that would introduce buddhist tantra to the west in a. It is precisely because our lives are so inseparably linked with desire that we must make use of desires tremendous energy not just for pleasure, but to transform our lives. Mar 04, 2014 this is the introduction to tantra book to get. The transformation of desire revised by lama yeshe isbn. Dec, 2015 pdf download introduction to tantra the transformation of desire download onlineread pdf online here book 1614291551. Lama yeshes book is a straightforward, succinct, and engaging overview of the tantric buddhist path and its practice. Table of contents title page foreword preface chapter 1 basic purity shakyamuni, the founder of buddhism fundamental purity of the mind the tantric approach the principle of transformation chapter 2 desire and happiness desire, frustration, and selfcontrol religion and the rejection of pleasure. The transformation of desire by lama thubten yeshe philip glass jonathan landaw may 10, 2020 may 10, 2020 introduction to tantra the transformation of desire this introduction recognizes and explains how to channel the powerful energies aroused by human desires and how to transform lives with them. Read download introduction to tantra pdf pdf download.
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Pdf introduction to tantra the transformation of desire by. Focus on your desires with singleness of purpose and align your actions with your desire, and your desires will manifest into your reality. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. This was an interesting book on buddhist tantra, tantraa i was a little lost by the end. Introduction to tantra the transformation of desire lama thubten yeshe keywords. Discovering the power of preorgasmic sex iii at the start of sexual union, keep attention on the fire in the beginning, and, so continuing, avoid the embers in the end. Introduction to tantra, first published in 1987, republished by wisdom in 2001, and now reissued in 2014, has become a classic introduction to vajrayana buddhism. As an explanation of the aim of tantra to work with and transform physical and psychological desire, id say it achieves its goal. Translations and images from the classic indian texts paperback by. And according to the tantric teachings of buddhism, this remarkable transformation can be realized very quickly if we utilize all aspects of our human energy. Translations and images from the classic indian texts paperback.
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