Tantric Techniques zangpo and religion—in many cases before

and religion—in many cases before it was thought that the rules were ready to be challenged

Volumes 12 and 13 of Ratna Lingpa's Collected Works

this sometimes difficult text is made accessible to Western readers in a clear and engaging commentary

It is therefore free from the rigid organization that characterizes many Tibetan biographies

Tantric Techniques zangpo and religion—in many cases beforeDeity yoga is the meditative practice of imagining oneself as an ideal being, fully endowed with compassion, wisdom, and their resultant altruistic activities. The idea is that by imagining being a Buddha one gets closer to actually achieving Buddhahood. Tantric Techniques offers a complete system of Tantric meditation comparing the views of three seminal Tibetan authors on deity yoga and on issues such as how to safeguard against psychological