Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, Volume 2: Deity Yoga - 2

His Holiness the Dalai Lama illuminates the highly practical and compassionate use of Tantra for spiritual development in this important classic work.Deity Yogais the second volume inThe Great Exposition of Secret Mantraseries in which the Dalai Lama offers illuminating commentary on Tsongkhapa's seminal text on Buddhist tantra.

It is preceded byVolume 1: Tantra in Tibetand followed byVolume 3: Yoga Tantra.This revised work describes the profound process of meditation in Action (kriy) and Performance (cary) Tantras.

Invaluable for anyone who is practicing or is interested in Buddhist tantra, this volume includes a lucid exposition of the meditative techniques of deity yoga from H.H. the Dalai Lama; the second and third chapters of the classicGreat Exposition of Secret Mantratext; and a supplement by Jeffrey Hopkins outlining the structure of Action Tantra practices as well as the need for the development of special yogic powers.