Deity, Mantra and Wisdom: Development Stage Meditation and Tibetan Buddhist Tantra

A collection of Development Stage texts, translated by Andreas Doctor and Cortland Dahl (for the Dharmachakra Translation Committee), forthcoming in early 2007 by Snow Lion Publications.

This collection includes:

• The Ladder to Akanistha: Instructions on the Development Stage & Deity Yoga by Jigme Lingpa (Tibetan title: bskyed rim lha'i khrid 'og min bsgrod pa'i them skas
• Clarifying the Difficult Points in the Development Stage & Deity Yoga by Patrul Rinpoche (Tibetan title: bskyed rim lha'i khrid kyi dka' gnad cung zad bshad pa
• The Melody of Brahma, Reveling in the Three Realms: Key Points for Meditating On the Four Stakes that Bind the Life-force by Patrul Rinpoche (Tibetan title: srog sdom gzer bzhi’i dmigs pa gnad ‘gags khams gsum rol pa tshangs pa’i sgra dbyangs)
• Husks of Unity, a Clarification of the Development Stage Rituals by Getse Mahapandita (Tibetan title: bskyed pa’i rim pa cho ga dang sbyar ba’i gsal byed zung ‘jug snye ma)
• Forewords by Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
• A sixty page glossary of key tantric terminology