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

“the bearers of...” Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 12.
On how the subtle body becomes obscured: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Ibid., p. 134; Jamgön Kongtrul,
Buddhist Tantra, pp. 149-185, 431 n. 31.
On the Clear Light as the primal causal agent of saṃsāra: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p.
103; Cakrasamvara Tantra; Gray, Cakrasamvara Tantra, p. 382; Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Clear Light, p.
206. This concept makes plain that the Tantras concur with theistic religions of an all-pervasive Creator.
“You are your own…” Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 103.
On the inconceivable play of the buddhas: Cakrasamvara Tantra; Gray, Cakrasamvara Tantra, p. 382.
On the Innate perfection of the bindus and their energy flows: Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp.
163, 429 n. 29.
On the obscuration of the bindus as the root cause of suffering: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra,
p. 134; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 449-450 n. 89.
On the factors that obscure the bindus:
1. The bindus: On separation and loss of bindus: Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 421 n. 8, 432-
433 n. 1, 444 n. 59.
2. The Three Subtle Dimensions of the Mind: Ibid., p. 170. on the stains: Jamgön Kongtrul, Esoteric
Instructions, pp. 134, 166, 188, 210, 302, 409 n. 157; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 421 n. 8,
432 n. 1.
3. The Winds: Ibid., pp. 165, 173; On the loss of winds every ten years: Ibid., pp. 178, 443 n. 52.
4. The Channels: Ibid., p. 172; Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Clear Light, p. 48. On the knots: Nāropa, The
Vajra Verses of the Whispered Tradition; Mullin, Practice, p. 40; Tsongkapa, A Book of Three
Inspirations; Mullin, Six Yogas, p. 147; Jamgön Kongtrul, Esoteric Instructions, pp. 128-129, 166, 317,
330-337, 392 n. 31, 403 n. 96; Kelsang Gyatso, Clear Light, pp. 21, 30, 44-45, 92-93, 98; English,
Vajrayoginī, p. 175.
5. The Cakras: The Four Seals of the Cakras, Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 15-16, 21-23;
Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist Tantra, pp. 420 n. 5; Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Clear Light, pp. 44-51.
6. The Five Elements: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, pp. 21, 134; Jamgön Kongtrul, Buddhist
Tantra, pp. 170-171.
7. The Five Aggregates: Ibid., p. 171.
8. The Five Senses: Ibid., p. 171.
9. The Four States: Ibid., pp. 184-185, 420 n. 5, 449-450 n. 89.
On subtle energy yoga and Great Passion: Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, Ch. 1.
“The enlightened ones conceive her...” Hevajra Tantra; Ibid., p. 218.
“Pervade the sexual...” Kṛiṣṇācārya, The Yoga of the Jewel Garland; Ibid., p. 208.
On female and male organs and subtle energy: Tsongkapa; Shaw, Passionate Enlightenment, p. 160.
On sexual energy clearing the knots in the heart cakra: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Clear Light, pp. 126, 137.
“Wisdom is fierce...” Kṛiṣṇācārya, The Yoga of the Jewel Garland; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 21.
On levels of attainment of subtle energy yoga: Jamgön Kongtrul, Tantric Practice, p. 392 n. 52.
On the benefits of subtle energy yoga: Kṛiṣṇācārya, The Yoga of the Jewel Garland; Farrow, Hevajra
Tantra, pp. 21-23; Tsongkapa, A Book of Three Inspirations; Mullin, Six Yogas, pp. 125-126, 132; Marpa,
The Stream of Elixir; Jamgön Kongtrul, Esoteric Instructions, pp. 172-173.
“For the sake…” Saraha, The King’s Song; Thrangu, Song, pp. 80-81.
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