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

The Five Nectars: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 30, 141, 198; Cakrasamvara Tantra;
Gray, Cakrasamvara Tantra, pp. 160, 305, 309; Beer, Handbook, pp. 217-220; English, Vajrayoginī, p.
210.
On preparation of the guru: The author follows English’s interpretation of the sādhana that the
practitioner becomes the deity of the same gender as the practitioner; English, Vajrayoginī, pp. 88-89.
On the Five Symbolic Ornaments: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 65, 251, 263-264.
On the ritual of establishing the site: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 119-120, 129-130;
Cakrasamvara Tantra; Gray, Cakrasamvara Tantra, pp. 164-171; Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra; George,
Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra, pp. 48-52; Khe Dorje, Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras; Lessing,
Tantric Systems, pp. 291-303; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 218-222, 460-466 nn. 1-26.
On site selection and permission: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 120, 150; Cakrasamvara
Tantra; Gray, Cakrasamvara Tantra, p. 162; Khe Dorje, Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras; Lessing,
Tantric Systems, pp. 279-281; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 218-222, 46-465 nn. 1-26.
“I, (say your name)…” Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 150.
On the site protection ritual: Hevajra Tantra; Ibid., pp. 119, 130. Cakrasamvara Tantra; Gray,
Cakrasamvara Tantra, pp. 166-167; English, Vajrayoginī, pp. 131-139.
The Protection Mantra (Rakṣa Mantra): Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 119.
On the ritual of empowering the maṇḍala: The Hevajra Tantra advises the guru should recite the mantra
of the deity 100,000x, but this would take a week. More likely, the siddhas spent about a day reciting the
mantra to empower the maṇḍala; Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra; George, Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra, pp. 51-
52; Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 130; Khe Dorje, Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras;
Lessing, Tantric Systems, pp. 223-224, 271-307; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 218-224.
The Emptiness Mantra (Śunyatā Mantra): English, Vajrayogini, pp. 125-129.
“inda jama jala…” “Indra, Yama, Jala, Yakṣa…” Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 235-236.
“oṃ akāro mukhaṃ sarva…” “Increase in quantity…” Hevajra Tantra; Ibid., pp. 235-236.
On the guru and the guru’s consort make love next to the maṇḍala: Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra; George,
Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra, pp. 51-52.
Grant me, excellent...” Prajñāśri, The Consecration Ritual; Snellgrove, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, p. 259.
“Those who do not…” Saraha; Ibid., p. 180.
On the mantras for the Five Consecrations: The author composed these mantras, based on Prajñāsri, The
Consecration Ritual; Snellgrove, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, p. 254.
“I vow to attain...” Khe Dorje, Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras; Lessing, Tantric Systems, pp. 151-
153. See also Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra; George, Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra, p. 55.
“I am the Vow.” Advayavajra, The Brief Account of the Process of Consecration (Sekatā Kārya
Saṃgraha); Snellgrove, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, p. 230.
“Oh you who are firmly…” Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 293.
“Oh great being, take this consort…” Hevajra Tantra; Ibid., pp. 188-189.
“Ah! His/her vajra/lotus…” Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra; George, Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Tantra, p. 56.
“I vow to...” Advayavajra, The Brief Account of the Process of Consecration; Snellgrove, Indo-Tibetan
Buddhism, p. 230.
“I am the...” Advayavajra, The Brief Account of the Process of Consecration; Ibid., p. 230.
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