Clear Meaning: The Force of Wisdom Tantra

by Christopher Wilkinson

Clear Meaning is a thorough introduction to the base, the force, the three bodies, the five wisdoms, and the nine vehicles. It is a Tantra of the Great Perfection, also known as Atiyoga or Dzogchen. This Tantra was first put into writing in India by Prahe Vajra, also known as Garab Dorje, who transmitted it to Mañjuśrīmitra, who transmitted it to Śrī Singha, who transmitted it to Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava brought Clear Meaning to Tibet and hid it there in the Eighth Century of our era. Over four hundred years later, Guru Chowang (1212-1270) discovered the book, and released it. Because it was treasured away by Padmasambhava and later revealed, it is known as a Treasure (gTer ma). This Tantra is preserved in the Hundred Thousand Tantras of the Ancients (Nyingma Gyubum), and is here translated for the first time into English.

691 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 4, 2019

About the author

Christopher Wilkinson (M.A. Buddhist Studies, University of Calgary; B.A. Asian Languages and Literature, Comparative Religion, University of Washington, 1980) is a Buddhist monk, academic, and translator. He has been visiting professor of English Literature in Sulawesi, Indonesia (1990–1993); research fellow for the Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation; research fellow at the Centre de Recherches sur les Civilisations de l'Asie Orientale, Collège de France; and Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary. He is most closely associated with the Dzogchen tradition and the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.