Read Tantric Techniques Online
Authors: Jeffrey Hopkins
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Mañjushr
ī
Root Tantra
, 223 mantra
etymology of, 291
knowledge-, 100, 137, 155, 156, 171
Mantra Great Vehicle, 208, 268, 271, 272,
281, 284, 315
mantra letters, 53, 54, 91, 92, 93, 109, 135,
136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 148, 150,
151, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 312
Mantra Vehicle, 60, 205, 212, 214, 215,
216, 219, 221, 225, 234, 241, 242, 243,
245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254,
258, 260, 261, 268, 269, 271, 272, 276,
281, 289, 292, 321, 326, 329, 330, 332,
333, 334, 356, 364, 365, 368, 369, 370,
372, 373
mantra, etymology of, 364 M
ā
t
ṛ
ceta and Dign
ā
ga
Interwoven Praise
, 360
means of achievement, 86, 165, 225, 368
420
Tantric Techniques
Means of Achievement of Sit
ā
tapatr
ā
par
ā
jit
ā
, 306
Means of Achievement of the Retention of the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
, 306
meditation
analytical, 18, 32, 34, 58, 112, 122, 124,
126, 153, 154
object of, 32, 118, 119, 120, 154, 361
stabilizing, 32, 58, 112, 122, 126, 153,
158, 201
meditation on emptiness, 44, 48, 158, 283,
344, 357
Mantra model of, 45 meditation on selflessness
S
ū
tra model of, 8, 13, 42, 61 meditation, style of
concentration, 111
meditative stabilization, 111
meditative equipoise, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 50, 51, 61, 63, 65, 114,
129, 139, 161, 187, 190, 191, 194, 219,
250, 251, 270, 285, 317
space-like, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 48, 50,
51, 61, 62, 63, 187
meditative stabilization, 46, 59, 83, 90,
106, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116,
117, 119, 120, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128,
129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138, 141,
142, 145, 151, 153, 154, 156, 160, 166,
167, 191, 199, 200, 201, 209, 210, 211,
213, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222,
232, 234, 252, 253, 275, 276, 294, 331,
349, 351, 352, 353, 357
of exalted body, 46, 83, 108, 110, 111,
116, 117, 128, 132, 134, 138, 166,
167
of exalted mind, 59, 145, 153, 154, 166,
201
of exalted speech, 46, 84, 110, 116,
117, 128, 131, 132, 134, 135, 142,
145, 153, 166, 191
mental consciousness, 38, 130, 148, 201,
292, 337
mental continuum, 15, 16, 17, 20, 103,
112, 128, 134, 152, 181, 218, 265
mental stabilization, 244, 248, 250
mercury, 52, 188
mere absence, 34, 39, 43, 50, 316
mere elimination, 39
mere negative, 34, 40
merit, 87, 93, 105, 107, 152, 179, 186, 197,
198, 202, 208, 211, 217, 218, 221, 234,
250, 252, 272, 287, 301, 332, 377
method and wisdom, 59, 209, 266, 276,
278, 290, 294, 339, 340, 365, 369, 370
Method Vehicle, 221, 364, 365
Middle Way Consequence School, 23, 49,
101, 266, 272, 273
Middle Way School, 14, 15, 63, 215, 219,
240, 264, 327
Middle Way view, 15, 16, 31 milk in water, 19
mindfulness, 32, 33, 34, 82, 113, 114, 119,
120, 122, 124, 128, 129, 133, 152, 210,
218, 275, 301, 331
as antidote to forgetfulness, 125 Mind-Only School, 14, 240, 264, 273, 274
Mi-pam-gya-tso, 286, 287, 297
Miraculous Secret Essence
, 249 mirror, 17, 99, 210, 331
mode of subsistence, 47, 49, 187, 274
models, 8, 60, 104
macro, 61
S
ū
tra and Mantra, 61
moon, 31, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 87, 91, 92, 93,
109, 110, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142,
146, 149, 150, 151, 166, 168, 187, 188,
190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 199, 200,
224, 226, 228, 270, 312, 337, 345, 363
double, 158
moon disc, 52, 53, 87, 91, 92, 93, 109, 110,
135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 146, 149, 150,
151, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 200,
312
Mount Meru, 74, 94, 174
N
ā
gabodhi, 231 N
ā
g
ā
rjuna
Five Stages
, 230
Praise of the Nonconceptual
, 273
Precious Garland
, 105, 273, 300
Treatise on the Middle
, 13, 25, 28, 42, 51,
267, 269, 273, 367
naturally abiding lineage, 51 Ngawang Lekden, 98, 105 Ngawang-pel-den
Presentation of the Grounds and Paths of the Four Great Secret Tantra Sets: Illumination of the Texts of Tantra
, 160, 161, 271, 289, 339, 341, 344
nine mental abidings, 118, 123, 125, 131
nominal imputation, 16
nominally imputed, 16
nonaffirming negative, 33, 39, 50
nonanalysis, 154
Index
421
nonapplication, 34, 118, 119, 121 nonduality
of the profound and the manifest, 158, 374, 379
nonelaborative deeds, 220
non-finding, 30, 31, 35, 43
Nyingma, 9, 95, 205, 243, 284, 286, 296,
297, 310, 321
object of attainment, 356, 360, 370, 379 object of intention, 360
object of negation, 14, 36, 42
object of observation, 113, 120, 121, 124,
125, 130, 131, 133, 138, 140, 142, 147,
149, 150, 151, 201, 206, 215, 228, 229,
240, 243, 248
oblation, 96, 97, 99, 175, 176, 177, 189, 196
obstructions, 56, 155, 161, 162, 163, 209,
219, 260, 267, 268, 338, 339
afflictive, 161, 163
to omniscience, 162, 163, 267, 339
obstructors, 88, 89, 90, 98, 99, 126, 168,
169, 171, 172, 173, 176, 177, 195, 196,
234, 301
expelling, 90, 172
Ocean of Means of Achievement
, 306, 314 offerings, 46, 53, 54, 56, 86, 88, 89, 90, 93,
99, 109, 110, 136, 152, 166, 170, 172,
177, 188, 191, 195, 196, 202, 210, 218,
219, 224, 229, 230, 250, 258, 321, 325,
331, 352, 353
one entity and different conceptually isolatable factors, 22
One Hundred and Fifty Means of Achievement
, 306
One Hundred Thousand Stanza Equality with Space
, 216
One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Stanza K
ṛṣ
h
ṇ
ayam
ā
ri
, 216
One-Gone-Thus, 57, 84, 92, 97, 101, 179,
180, 197, 211, 216, 218, 220, 221, 222,
224, 226, 227, 235, 236, 249, 270, 347
One-Gone-to-Bliss, 93
one-pointedness, 58, 116, 122, 152, 153
orgasm, 287, 288, 337, 338
Ornament of the Vajra Essence Tantra
, 383 ox, 30, 270, 363
pacification, 86, 107, 130, 186, 200, 202,
282, 305, 314, 360
Padmakar-po
Presentation of the General Tantra Sets, Captivating the Wise
, 292, 324
Padmasambhava
Means of Achievement of Mah
ā
k
ā
ru
ṇ
ika
, 306
panacea, 68, 69, 75, 160
Pa
ṇ
-chen Lama, Fourth, Lo-sang-pel-den-ten-pay-nyi-ma, 34, 35, 39
Pa
ṇ
-chen Sö-nam-drak-pa
Presentation of the General Tantra Sets Captivating the Minds of the
Fortunate
, 85, 298, 346
paradigm, 8, 46, 60, 61, 62, 295, 299, 323
paranoiac, 56
path structure, 273, 278, 340 perfection
of giving, 281, 282, 370, 371
Perfection and Mantra vehicles, 9, 60,
211, 222, 240, 279, 290, 315, 367, 372
Perfection of Wisdom S
ū
tras, 273 Perfection Vehicle, 60, 128, 205, 208, 215,
216, 217, 221, 222, 242, 243, 245, 268,
269, 270, 272, 279, 281, 285, 292, 300,
315, 332, 333, 334, 339, 343, 362, 364,
366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373,
374, 375, 376, 377, 378
perfections
six, 107, 127, 186, 209, 252, 276, 300,
362, 365, 367, 370
Performance Tantra, 10, 45, 50, 92, 165,
222, 223, 225, 264, 270, 278, 279, 280,
287, 305, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312,
313, 314, 316, 317, 321, 326, 327, 329,
330, 336, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345,
346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353,
354, 355, 356, 357, 379, 380, 381, 383,
384, 385
phenomenon designated, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24
pledge-being, 111, 309, 326, 327 pliancy
mental, 117, 130, 131, 154, 155, 200,
201
physical, 34, 130, 131, 151, 200, 201
pointoutable, 18, 26, 27, 30
pr
āṇā
y
ā
ma
, 113, 114, 115, 137
pride, 49, 50, 53, 56, 58, 81, 103, 110, 115,
139, 189, 190, 194, 300, 303, 309, 314,
315, 317, 325, 373
afflicted, 59, 66
divine, 58, 59, 66, 109, 190, 381
in being ordinary, 115
prior approximation, 84, 86, 87, 108, 116,
165, 202
pristine wisdom, 152, 181, 206, 209, 215,
422
Tantric Techniques
216, 218, 219, 226, 237, 239, 246, 250,
253, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 286, 294
projection, 67, 71, 75, 78, 88, 90, 97, 258
proliferations, 47, 49, 187, 213, 249, 250
Pure Land, 96
pure mind and body, 58, 59, 66, 81, 134,
159, 292
Questions of Sub
ā
hu Tantra
, 84, 85, 130,
136, 137, 304, 366
Rabten, Geshe, 24
rational consciousness, 38
Ratn
ā
karash
ā
nti, 206, 225, 241, 243, 248,
306, 314, 366
Commentary on (D
ī
pa
ṅ
karabhadra’s) “Four Hundred and Fifty”
, 277, 374
Commentary on the “All Secret Tantra”
, 224
Handful of Flowers, Explanation of the Guhyasam
ā
ja Tantra
, 276, 365
Means of Achievement of the Five Guards
, 306
Presentation of the Three Vehicles
, 240, 376
Ratnarak
ṣ
hita, 278, 279, 280, 284, 287
Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Sa
ṃ
varodaya Tantra
, 279, 372
rays of light, 53, 56, 57, 109, 188, 259
reasoning, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 35, 39,
41, 42, 153, 215, 246, 263, 267, 274, 285,
286, 290, 292, 324, 380
fivefold, 21
Middle Way, 48
sevenfold, 153
reasonings, limitless, 267 repetition
four-branched, 46, 311
four-branched, mind, 46, 91, 291
four-branched, other-base, 46, 91, 93,