- Ornament of Stainless Light
- Cover
- Title
- Message from the Dalai Lama
- Publisher’s Acknowledgments
- Contents
- General Editor’s Preface
- Translator’s Introduction
- Technical Note
- Ornament of Stainless Light: An Exposition of the Outer, Inner, and Other Kālacakra
- Introduction
- Part 1. The External World
- 3. The Three Themes of Kālacakra Tantra
- 4. The Formation of the External World and Its Dimensions
- 5. The Inhabitants of This World
- 6. The Stars and the Planets
- 7. Resolving Contradictions between Kālacakra and Abhidharma Cosmology
- Part 2. The Inner World of Sentient Beings
- 8. The Development of the Body
- 9. Channels, Winds, and Drops
- 10. Discrepancies between Kālacakra and Other Tantras
- Part 3. Initiations
- 11. Qualifications of Master and Disciple
- 12. Description of the Mandala
- 13. The Initiations
- 14. The Seven Childhood Initiations
- 15. The Four Higher Initiations
- 16. The Higher-than-High Initiations
- Part 4. Sādhana: Methods of Accomplishment
- 17. The Two Stages
- 18. The Generation Stage
- 19. The Two Accumulations
- 20. The Body Vajra
- 21. Analysis of the Colors of the Lunar-Day Deities
- 22. Resolving Doubts Concerning the Process of Generation
- 23. The Speech Vajra
- 24. The Mind Vajra
- 25. The Gnosis Vajra
- Part 5. Gnosis: The Completion Stage
- 26. The Six-Branched Yoga
- 27. Withdrawal: Night Yoga
- 28. Withdrawal: Day Yoga
- 29. The Yoga of Meditative Absorption
- 30. Prāṇāyāma: The Yoga of the Winds
- 31. Vajra Recitation
- 32. Vase Yoga
- 33. The Yoga of Retention
- 34. The Yoga of Recollection
- 35. The Yoga of Meditative Concentration
- 36. The Fruits of the Two Stages
- Appendixes
- 1. Table of Tibetan Transliteration
- 2. Enumerations Mentioned in the Text
- 3. Time Measurement
- 4. Linear Measurement
- 5. Kālacakra Word-Numerals
- 6. Approximation and Accomplishment in the Six-Branched Yoga
- 7. The Six Elements and the Inner World
- 8. Kālacakra-Related Chronology
- 9. Diagram: The Kālacakra World Realm
- 10. Diagram: The Sun’s Path over the Earth and Water Mandalas
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Contributors
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