Tantric Books

The books in this section explain Buddha’s Tantric teachings.

Some familiarity with basic introduction to Buddhist view, meditation, and practice is recommended before reading these books.

Tantric Grounds and Paths | Mahamudra Tantra | Guide to Daikiniland | Great Treasury of Merit
Essence of Vajrayana | Clear Light of Bliss

Tantric Grounds and Paths

Tantra is a term that is often mentioned but rarely understood.

Sadly, there are very few qualified Teachers left in this world who can explain how to enter into, progress on, and complete a qualified Tantric practice.

One such Teacher is the contemporary Tantric Master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

In Tantric Grounds and Paths he gives an explanation of the four classes of Tantra, with special emphasis on the Generation and Completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra.

Drawing on his own experience and the teachings of Je Tsongkhapa, Geshe Kelsang renders even the most profound, esoteric aspects of Tantra accessible to the modern reader

This book represents a significant milestone in revealing these profound mysteries to the contemporary world.

Mahamudra Tantra

Mahamudra Tantra introduces a new world of meditation. It explains how we can use our imagination as a powerful tool in our spiritual practice

Mahamudra is a Sanskrit word that means union of bliss and emptiness, the very essence of Buddhist Tantric meditation.

Mahamudra Tantra is a practical manual for gaining deep experience of meditation and discovering the peace and happiness that lies within.

It introduces the profound subject of Tantric meditation with extraordinary clarity, making these practices extremely accessible.

Guide to Daikiniland

In Guide to Dakini Land Geshe Kelsang provides a comprehensive explanation of the Highest Yoga Tantra practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha of wisdom.

The instructions on the eleven yogas of generation stage teach how we can create for ourselves a new enlightened world through meditation.

The detailed explanations of completion stage explain how to then consolidate that experience through further meditation and achieve the ultimate realization of permanent inner peace and the power to benefit all living beings.

The appendices include a comprehensive collection of sadhanas and other supporting material for the dedicated practitioner.

“A joy to read. . . Geshe Kelsang has truly brought a blessing into our lives” — TIBET JOURNAL

Great Treasury of Merit

At every level of Buddhist practice, relying upon the Spiritual Guide is regarded as the source of inspiration, understanding, and progress on the spiritual path. But nowhere is this practice more important than in Tantra.

Great Treasury of Merit is a commentary to a sublime practice called Offering to the Spiritual Guide, which is performed publicly twice a month in all Kadampa Buddhist centers, and often daily by individual practitioners.

It is the supreme gateway to receiving blessings for all practitioners, but especially for those practicing Tantric Mahamudra.

In giving a line-by-line commentary to the practice, Geshe Kelsang explains the essential stages of the path of Sutra and Tantra and shows how we can greatly increase the efficacy of our meditations by relying sincerely upon a qualified Spiritual Guide.

Essence of Vajrayana

Essence of Vajrayana is a truly unique book.

It is the first complete explanation in any Western language of the uncommon Tantric practice of the Heruka body mandala generation stage.

Buddha Heruka is a manifestation of enlightened compassion. By training in the generation and completion stages of Heruka Tantra, and in particular by training in the uncommon body mandala practice taught in this book, we can swiftly attain a sublime realization of profound inner peace and great bliss that we naturally impart to others.

This book is a comprehensive manual for the Heruka practitioner, containing a clear explanation of both the generation and completion stages, along with all the sadhanas and other ritual instructions necessary to engage in the practice.

Clear Light of Bliss

Clear Light of Bliss is an advanced Tantric meditation manual that reveals the most profound secrets of the ancient yogis and makes their blissful experience accessible to the modern world.

It principally explains the Completion Stage of Highest Yoga Tantra, which is the highest level of Buddha’s teachings.

It introduces in great detail the elements of the subtle body – the channels (nadi), winds (vayu), and drops (bindu) – and shows how they can be purified through meditation.

Various meditations are taught to gain mastery over the channels, winds, and drops and attain the complete purification of the very subtle mind within the heart chakra – the clear light of bliss

With this blissful awareness we can uncover our true nature, destroy all traces of ignorance at its root, and pass completely beyond suffering. We then become a source of inspiration and benefit for all living beings.

“A source of great happiness and immeasurable benefit to the beings of this world.” — KYABJE LING RINPOCHE