Beyond Secret: The Upadesha of Vairochana on the Practice of the Great Perfection

by Vairochana Rakshita, Christopher Wilkinson (Translator)

A translation into English of The Sun of My Heart: A Hearty Elixer for Panditas and Siddhas, a unique Tibetan manuscript containing the commentaries of Vairochana Rakshita [Vairotsana, Berotsana], who was active during the 8th century of our era, on the Tantras known as the Five Early Translations and the Tantra on the Miraculous Occurrence. This book will be of primary interest to those who study contemplative traditions and to practitioners of the Great Perfection tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Scholars of the early transmission of Buddhism to Tibet will find this to be a basic resource. The original Tibetan text of this unique manuscript is included.

The Sun of My Heart consists of a prologue and a colophon holding together six discrete commentaries on the works of the Five Early Translations and the Miraculous Occurrence. Each separate chapter of Sun of My Heart was clearly a free standing work at one time.

Contents: Prologue, The Cuckoo of Awareness, Shaking Off the Grand Search, The Soaring of the Magnificent Garuda, Meditating on the Bodhicitta, The Unfailing Royal Insignia: The Magnificent Sky, The Miraculous Occurrence of the Bodhicitta.

190 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2014