{"product_id":"vajra-wisdom-deity-practice-in-tibetan-buddhism-9781559394406","title":"Vajra Wisdom: Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVajra Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003econtains two of the most important explanations of the development stage of meditation, relevant for most practitioners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Now available in paperback for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe practices of deity, mantra, and wisdom are also known within the Tibetan system as the \"development stage, because the practitioner is said to attain spiritual insight by developing meditative visualizations that bring the experience of awakening directly into one's present life, without having to wait for later spiritual fulfillment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVajra Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e presents the commentaries of two great nineteenth-century Nyingma masters, Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima and Shechen Gyaltsap IV, which guide practitioners engaged in development stage practice through a series of straightforward instructions. The rarity of this kind of material in English makes it indispensable for practitioners and scholars alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe goal of the development stage of meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition is to realize the inseparability of phenomena and great emptiness. Using the methods of deity visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption, the practitioner arrives at this nonconceptual view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snow Lion Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559394406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Shechen Gyaltsap, Kunyen Tenpe Nima","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42342712606901,"sku":"9781559394406","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_311b84f4-a44f-4cea-af97-f59994246664.jpg?v=1661262933","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vajra-wisdom-deity-practice-in-tibetan-buddhism-9781559394406","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}