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Tantric and Siddha Texts
Tibetan-preserved tantric, siddha, Vajrayana, early Great Perfection, and other esoteric Buddhist works.
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Texts
Precious Treasury of the UnbornA Madhyamaka meditation on emptiness, impermanence, and illusion in fifteen verses — from devotional homage through systematic philosophy to vivid images of hunters' songs and salt water, ending in a prayer for realization. First English translation from the Tibetan Buddhist Tengyur (D3839), attributed to Nāgārjunagarbha.Song of the Glorious Vajra-HolderA five-stanza tantric hymn praising Vajradhara as the embodiment of peerless compassion and bestower of supreme attainment, from the Degé Tengyur (Tohoku 1162). First-ever English translation.The Illuminating Lamp — Śrī SiṃhaA tantric commentary on the Heart Sūtra by Śrī Siṃha, the foundational Dzogchen master, transmitted by Vairocana to King Trisong Detsen. Interprets every phrase of the Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya on three levels — outer, inner, and secret — revealing the Heart Sūtra as a teaching on primordial awareness. First English translation from the Tibetan Buddhist Tengyur (D4353).The Lamp of Method and Wisdom — D4449Ten formative or proto–Great Perfection stanzas joining nonattainment and non-abiding with compassion, illusion-like samādhi, and skillful activity for beings.The Lamp of Methods for Meditating on the Definitive Meaning — D4450An early or proto–Great Perfection meditation instruction on non-abiding and non-apprehension, warning that attempts to correct mind, posture, or conduct can become subtle forms of grasping.The Lamp That Dispels the Darkness of Extremes — D4448Ten stanzas on mind’s delusive appearances, unborn dependent arising, and a meditation that does not dwell even in signlessness.