Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines
Author | : Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1958 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105023598621 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines written by Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1958 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in English in 1935, this volume of seven authentic Tibetan yoga texts serves as a companion to The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of yoga paintings and manuscripts, this edition contains some of the principal meditations used by illustrious Hindu and Tibetan gurus and philosophers through the ages in attaining Right Knowledge and Enlightenment. Special commentaries precede each carefully-rendered text, and a comprehensive preface contrasts the tenets of Buddhism with European concepts of religion, philosophy, and science.