Great-Bliss-Tantric-Sex-and-the-Path-to-Inner-Awakening

On socially transgressive behavior and left-conduct: Sarva Tathāgata Tattva Saṃgraha; Snellgrove, Indo-
Tibetan Buddhism, p. 268; Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 192, 198-199; Cakrasamvara
Tantra; Gray, Cakrasamvara Tantra, pp. 229, 286, 322, 336-337; English, Vajrayoginī, pp. 41-43.
“The yogi must...” Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 108.
On restoring broken vows: Mañjuśrīyaśas, The Essential Ornament of the General Procedure for All
Secrets (Sarva Guhya Vidhi Garbha Alaṅkāra); Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Ethics, pp. 275-278; Khe
Dorje, Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras; Lessing, Tatnric Systems, p. 331.
On transcending vows: Hevajra Tantra, Farrow & Menon, Hevajra Tantra, p. 137; Jamgön Kongtrul,
Buddhist Ethics, p. 273.
On the vows of the first consecration: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 61-63, 153-157;
Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Ethics, pp. 249-256, 268.
On the Fourteen Root Downfalls: Aśvaghoṣa, Compendium of Root Downfalls (Mūlāpatti Saṃgraha);
Lessing, Tantric Systems, p. 328 n. 14; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Ethics, pp. 256-264.
On the Eight Secondary Downfalls: Aśvaghoṣa, Compendium of Root Downfalls; Lessing, Tantric
Systems, p. 328 n. 15; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Ethics, pp. 265-266.
On Daily Conduct Vows: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 153-157.
On the vows of the second consecration: Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Ethics, pp. 268-269; Jamgön
Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, p. 506 n. 12.
Sādhana Vows: Śabara, The Sādhana of Secret Vajravilāsinī, verses 19, 90-93, 127.
On the vows of the third consecration: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 63-67; Jamgön
Kongtrul, Buddhist Ethics, p. 269; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, p. 506 n. 12.
On the Eight Supreme Vows: Cakrasamvara Tantra; Gray, Cakrasamvara Tantra, pp. 267-269; Jamgön
Kongtrul, Buddhist Ethics, pp. 270-271.
On the vows of the fourth consecration: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 68-70; Jamgön
Kongtrul, Buddhist Ethics, p. 269; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, p. 506 n. 12.
On the Six Vows: Ḍākinī Vajra Pañjara Tantra (The Indestructible Tent Tantra); Jamgön Kongtrul,
Buddhist Ethics, p. 273.
“Consecration is of...” Vajra Mālā Tantra (The Adamantine Garland Tantra); Mullin, Six Yogas, p. 117.
On the results of consecration: Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 234-236; Snellgrove, Indo-Tibetan
Buddhism, p. 215.
“wanders like a...” Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 69.
“Guru, please instruct...” Nāropa; Guenther, Nāropa, p. 38.
On the Five Offerings: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p.148; Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra;
George, Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra, pp. 51, 57; English, Vajrayoginī, pp. 121, 424, 435 n. 258.
On the ritual preparation of the vases: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 129-131;
Cakrasamvara Tantra; Gray, Cakrasamvara Tantra, p. 169; Khe Dorje, Fundamentals of the Buddhist
Tantras; Lessing, Tantric Systems, p. 287; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 222, 465-466 n. 26;
Snellgrove, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, pp. 223-225; Beer, Handbook, pp. 199-201. The ideal vase is made
of gold, silver, copper, or clay, sixteen inches (aṅgula – lit finger breadth) wide at the belly, twenty inches
high, the neck six inches wide, and the mouth six inches wide with the lips of the mouth one inch wide all
around, and the base must not be black. The list of substances is an ideal and substitutions are a
commonly accepted practice. The Five Medicinal Herbs is the author’s reconstruction.
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