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Secret Map of the Body

Visions of the Human Energy Structure

Gyalwa Yangönpa
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Translated from Tibetan and Annotated by Elio Guarisco

Yangönpa’s Hidden Description of The Vajra Body presents the triad constituting the Vajra Body – the channels, energy-winds, and vital essences – as the basis for the application of experiential yogic techniques. Buddhism often relegates the body to a role subordinate to that of the mind;  the focus of Yangönpa’s Hidden Description is the body itself, with its manifold  layers – coarse, subtle, and very subtle.
In his presentation of the human body’s energetic structure he contends  that it is not simply the means to achieve enlightenment, but enlightenment  itself, blending the Highest Tantra notion of the body as the method with the Total Perfection (rdzogs chen) principle of inherently present enlightenment as  the fundamental nature of all phenomena.

GYALWA YANGÖNPA realized the nature of mind at the age of eight upon hearing instructions on the Dzogchen mind cycle of teachings. And at age nine he was installed as the abbot of Lhadong monastery, where he gave profound religious discourses, establishing his reputation as an enlightened emanation. During his lifetime, 1213-1258, he was devoted to four precious masters  of different lineages. Under the guidance of the first two, he undertook solitary retreat and, following a clear vision of the energetic system of body and mind, came to master this inseparable matrix.
An exceptional being gifted with powers, knowledge, and wisdom, Yangönpa led an exemplary life and his spiritual achievements won him a large number of followers. His literary output left a mark in the writings of later masters of all Tibetan schools, including Tsongkhapa, the Eighth Karmapa, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye, Raga Asya, and Jigmed Lingpa.

This book presents for the first time the translation of two texts, the biography of Yangönpa, The Great Mirror, and his short but illuminating treatise Hidden Description of the Vajra Body.

Chapters

FOREWORD

XIII PREFACE

XV PART ONE. Translator’s Introduction 1
PART TWO. The Great Mirror: The Remarkable Life of the Shri Mountain Hermit 113
PART THREE. The Hidden Description of the Vajra Body 219
APPENDIX ONE. Collected Works of Gyalwa Yangönpa 327
APPENDIX TWO. Unpublished Works and Spoken Words of Yangönpa 332
APPENDIX THREE. Five Outer and Five Inner Manifest Awakenings 334
APPENDIX FOUR. Stages of Embryonic and Fetal Development and Birth 335
APPENDIX FIVE. Five Root and Five Branch Energy-Winds 337
APPENDIX SIX. Classification of the Energy-Winds 339
APPENDIX SEVEN. Colors and Spans of the Energy-Winds of the Five Elements 340
APPENDIX EIGHT. The 32 Channels of the Four Chakras and Sacred Places 341
APPENDIX NINE. The Channels of the Five Chakras 344
Notes 347
Bibliography 436 Index 453

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