The Kālacakra Tantra: The World Realm Chapter, with the Vimalaprabhā Commentary, A Study and Annotated Translation

The first and longest of the five chapters (Skt. lokadhātu-paṭala) of The Kālacakra Tantra, this volume measures the cosmos and locates each of its layers in the human body. It also includes the Vimalaprabhā's long preamble, Butön Rinchen Drup's glosses in English, appendices setting out every word numeral of the chapter, and glossaries. Verses 28–128 appear in English here for the first time.

The Kālacakra Tantra: The Initiation Chapter, with the Vimalaprabhā Commentary, A Study and Annotated Translation

The third chapter of The Kālacakra Tantra, on initiation (Skt. abhiṣeka-paṭala), together with the corresponding chapter of the Vimalaprabhā, which appears here in English for the first time. It is translated from the Sarnath Sanskrit edition, read against the Derge, Narthang, and Peking block prints. The volume includes Butön Rinchen Drup's glosses in English, along with Tibetan annotations and topical outlines drawn from Khedrup Je, Ju Mipham, and other Tibetan commentators.

Great Sun: Illuminating the Thatness of Vajra Yoga

The Second Dalai Lama Gendün Gyatso's commentary on the Concert of the Names of Mañjuśrī, finished in 1503, in which he reads the Concert as a Kālacakra text. It has never before been fully translated into English. The complete translation is presented here, with Tibetan and English set out interlinearly. The Introduction covers the argument of the Great Sun, the reordering of the six limbs of yoga, and the author's life and times.

About the Translator

Jensine Andresen holds an A.M. and a Ph.D. from the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University, with a focus on Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies. She later worked as an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University and has attended the Kālacakra Initiation three times, in Santa Monica, New York City, and Graz, Austria.

Readers interested in these volumes, or in sharing them with others who may be interested, are encouraged to look them up on Amazon. Dr. Andresen may be reached at jensine@alumni.princeton.edu.