Instruction

Advice Like the Tip of the Flame of the Lamp of Hevajra

Toh 1220 · classical · Instruction · 5 passages · 1,123 words

This instructional manual provides a concise guide for the meditative practice of the Hevajra tantra. The text directs the practitioner through a sequence of complex visualizations designed

Advice on the Uncommon Meaning of Yogis and Yoginīs

Toh 1230 · classical · Instruction · 5 passages · 1,031 words

Advice on the Uncommon Meaning of Yogis and Yoginīs is a concise instructional manual attributed to Ḍombi Heruka and compiled by Prajñāśrījñāna. The text outlines the necessary environmental

Personal Instructions on the Four Suchnesses called “The Clear Lamp”

Toh 1242 · classical · Instruction · 19 passages · 5,153 words

The text provides a technical manual for realizing the four suchnesses through the synthesis of meditative absorption and somatic manipulation. It argues that spiritual attainment is achieve

Personal Instructions on Glorious Heruka called “The Stages of Self-Empowerment”

Toh 1262 · classical · Instruction · 39 passages · 10,024 words

This text provides a detailed technical manual for the practice of self-empowerment within the Glorious Heruka tradition. It guides an advanced mantra practitioner—one who possesses stable b

Personal Instructions on the Three Stages

Toh 1266 · classical · Instruction · 4 passages · 1,201 words

The Personal Instructions on the Three Stages (Trikramopadeśa) is a technical manual on the manipulation of subtle body energies to achieve non-dual awareness. The text instructs the practit

Personal Instructions on Nairātmā

Toh 1312 · classical · Instruction · 27 passages · 6,644 words

The Personal Instructions on Nairātmā is a technical manual of Vajrayāna practice focused on the deity Nairātmā. The text provides a detailed system of somatic and mental visualizations desi

Personal Instructions on the Elixir of Suchness

Toh 1337 · classical · Instruction · 11 passages · 2,755 words

The Personal Instructions on the Elixir of Suchness is a concise manual of meditative practice focused on the direct realization of suchness. The text argues that authentic wisdom is attaine

Personal Instructions on the Precious Garland of Empowerments

Toh 1338 · classical · Instruction · 5 passages · 1,217 words

The Personal Instructions on the Precious Garland of Empowerments is a technical manual focusing on the intersection of subtle body energetics and the attainment of primordial awareness (jñā

Personal Instructions on the Drop of Bodhicitta

Toh 1344 · classical · Instruction · 2 passages · 443 words

The Personal Instructions on the Drop of Bodhicitta is a technical manual focused on the realization of the Body of Great Bliss. The text frames its instructions as a transmission received f

Personal Instructions on Kālacakra

Toh 1366 · classical · Instruction · 5 passages · 1,357 words

This text provides technical instructions for the Kālacakra system, focusing on the intersection of meditative vision, yogic physiology, and the attainment of spiritual stages. It directs th

Personal Instructions on Six-Branched Yoga

Toh 1372 · classical · Instruction · 7 passages · 1,959 words

This text provides technical instructions on the Six-Branch Yoga within the Kālacakra system, focusing on the manipulation of subtle energies to achieve spiritual realization. The author out

Personal Instructions on the Glorious Kālacakra, A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Tantra and Six-Branched Yoga

Toh 1373 · classical · Instruction · 70 passages · 17,016 words

This text serves as a technical manual and commentary on the Kālacakra Tantra, specifically focusing on the integration of the Six-Branched Yoga. The work argues that spiritual liberation is

Personal Instructions on Six-Branched Yoga

Toh 1374 · classical · Instruction · 3 passages · 727 words

This text provides a concise technical guide to the Six-Branched Yoga, a system designed to accelerate the attainment of buddhahood within a single lifetime. The author outlines a progressiv

Personal Instructions on the Calculations in the Glorious Kālacakra

Toh 1384 · classical · Instruction · 4 passages · 1,031 words

This technical manual provides specific mathematical instructions for calculating astronomical and temporal data within the Kālacakra system. The text outlines a procedural methodology for c

Personal Instructions on the Calculations for Lunar and Solar Eclipses

Toh 1385 · classical · Instruction · 9 passages · 2,738 words

This technical manual provides a set of pith instructions for calculating the timing and magnitude of solar and lunar eclipses within the Kālacakra astronomical system. The text functions as

Personal Instructions on the Glorious Spontaneously Arisen [Saṃvara]

Toh 1457 · classical · Instruction · 1 passages · 217 words

This fragment of a set of pith instructions on the Coemergent (Saṃvara) focuses on the ontological status of the practitioner's nature and the transformation of mental states. The text posit

Personal Instructions on the Glorious Cakrasamvara

Toh 1485 · classical · Instruction · 14 passages · 3,384 words

This text provides a concise set of ritual and meditative instructions for the practice of the Cakrasamvara tantra. It guides the practitioner through a sequence of visualization and somatic

Personal Instructions on the Suchness of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara

Toh 1507 · classical · Instruction · 3 passages · 538 words

The Personal Instructions on the Suchness of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara is a pith instruction manual designed to guide the practitioner toward the realization of the nature of reality. The te

The Inner Heat Yoga, Personal Instructions on the Non-dual Meditation on Glorious Cakrasaṃvara

Toh 1508 · classical · Instruction · 2 passages · 504 words

This text provides instructional guidance on the non-dual meditation and inner heat yoga associated with the deity Cakrasaṃvara. The work aims to guide the practitioner toward the realizatio

Personal Instructions on the Arising of Gnosis

Toh 1514 · classical · Instruction · 34 passages · 8,008 words

Personal Instructions on the Arising of Gnosis is a technical manual focused on the subtle physiology of the body and the manipulation of internal energies to achieve enlightenment. The text

The Oral Transmission of Personal Instructions on the Glorious Saṃvara called “The Wishfulfilling Jewel”

Toh 1529 · classical · Instruction · 9 passages · 2,591 words

This text provides a concise set of instructional guidelines for the practice of the Glorious Saṃvara tantra, focusing on the transition from ritual empowerment to the realization of the res

Personal Instructions on Violent Activities in Vajrayoginī Practice

Toh 1598 · classical · Instruction · 1 passages · 228 words

This instructional fragment details the specific ritual requirements for performing a killing rite within the context of Vajrayoginī (Vajravārāhī) practice. The text prescribes a precise set

Personal Instructions on Making Clay Images

Toh 1641 · classical · Instruction · 1 passages · 159 words

This instructional fragment outlines the preliminary meditative requirements for the creation of tsa-tsas (clay images). Rather than focusing on the technical aspects of sculpting, the text