9780861713127 - Creation and Completion, Essential Points of Tantric Meditation
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
commentary by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
introduced, translated, and annotated by Sarah Harding

Creation and Completion is a unique guide to the practice of Tibetan Buddhist tantra. Drawing on experiential explanations from two great masters, it is both concise and thorough, both authoritative and clear. In the creation stage of tantra, practitioners visualize themselves in the form of buddhas and other enlightened beings. This meditation practice prepares the mind for engaging in the completion stage, where one comes face to face with the ultimate nature of mind and reality.

Jamgön Kongtrul, a pivotal figure in the Buddhist revival movement of nineteenth-century Tibet, was a master practitioner and one of Tibetan Buddhism's most prolific writers. His guide to tantric Buddhist meditation, translated here by Sarah Harding, was written in the style of the Tibetan songs of realization. The commentary by contemporary master Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche skillfully clarifies the nuances of Kongtrul's text, making the language come alive in a practical way for the modern reader. Harding's excellent introduction distills the essential features of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

These powerful meditation instructions, traditionally reserved for initiates alone, will be of immense value, both to aspiring and experienced practitioners alike.

"Sarah Harding has rendered a great service by translating one of Kongtrul's most concise and comprehensive meditation texts. Kongtrul's writings shine with lucidity and transparency."
--- Ken McLeod, author of Wake Up to Your Life

"Creation and completion meditation is the cornerstone of tantric Buddhist practice, and draws upon a rich array of techniques and presumptions relating to moral cultivation. This book will be of great interest to both scholars and practitioners of tantric Buddhism."
--- Janet Gyatso, Hershey Chair of Buddhist Studies, Harvard University

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a highly respected lama of the Karma Kagyu lineage with students around the world. The author of many books, he is the senior tutor to His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa.

Sarah Harding has been a Tibetan Buddhist translator and practitioner since 1974. Author of Tibetan Language Correspondence Course, she has served for ten years as a faculty member at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.

Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Wisdom Publications; 2Rev Ed edition (August 2002)