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This is the first complete English translation of the fourth chapter of the esoteric Buddhist Kalacakratantra text, and its eleventh-century commentary, the Stainless Light (Vimalaprabha), often accorded pride of place as the first volume of the Tibetan Tanjur. This chapter describes in detail the Buddhist tantric practice of the stage of generation, including the instructions on the protection of the place of practice, the meditative practices of the origination of the body and the deities abiding in the body, the yogic practices of the stage of generation, and diverse mundane sadhanas designed to induce the mundane siddhis. The translation is supplemented with copious annotations and references to Tiberan commentaries and other esoteric Buddhist works. It also includes the first critical edition of the Mongolian version of the fourth chapter.

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With her intuitive sense, Wallace brings us a masterful translation, annotated with essential information and her compilation of the Mongolian Kalachakra sadhana chapter. Buddhadharma Summer 2011 This volume is recommended for specialists in Vajrayana Buddhism. -- John Newman Religious Studies Review Vol 38, No 3

With her intuitive sense, Wallace brings us a masterful translation, annotated with essential information and her compilation of the Mongolian Kalachakra sadhana chapter. Buddhadharma Summer 2011

With her intuitive sense, Wallace brings us a masterful translation, annotated with essential information and her compilation of the Mongolian Kalachakra sadhana chapter. * Buddhadharma * This volume is recommended for specialists in Vajrayana Buddhism. -- John Newman * Religious Studies Review *

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Vesna A. Wallace is associate professor of South and Central Asian Religions at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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