The Hevajra literature in India

A long-term project of CTS director Harunaga Isaacson concerns the Hevajratantra and its Indian commentaries, and the practices and traditions connected to this important yoginītantra.

Several publications are under preparation as part of this research project, including a long paper titled ‘A collection of Hevajrasādhanas and related works in Sanskrit’ (forthcoming in the Annali dell’Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli); editions of a number of unpublished Hevajra texts; and a volume on Ratnākaraśānti’s teachings connected with the Hevajra-cycle.

Selected Bibliography:

Harunaga Isaacson. ‘The opening verses of Ratnākaraśānti’s Muktāvalī (Studies in Ratnākaraśānti’s tantric works II)’. In: Ryutaro Tsuchida and Albrecht Wezler (eds.): Harānandalaharī: Volume in Honour of Professor Minoru Hara on his Seventieth Birthday. Reinbek 2000 [appeared 2001]. pp.121–134.

— ‘Ratnākaraśānti’s Hevajrasahajasadyoga (Studies in Ratnākaraśānti’s tantric works I)’. In: Raffaele Torella (ed.), Le Parole e i Marmi: studi in onore di Raniero Gnoli nel suo 70° compleanno. Serie Orientale Roma XCII. vol.1. Roma: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente (IsIAO), 2001, pp.457–487.
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— ‘Ratnākaraśānti’s Bhramaharanāma Hevajrasādhana: Critical Edition (Studies in Ratnākaraśānti’s Tantric Works III)’. Journal of the International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies 『国際仏教学大学院大学研究紀要』 vol. 5 (2002), pp. 151(80)–176(55).
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— ‘First Yoga: A commentary on the ādiyoga section of Ratnākaraśānti’s Bhramahara (Studies in Ratnākaraśānti’s tantric works IV)’. In: B. Kellner, H. Krasser, H. Lasic, M. T. Much, H. Tauscher (eds.): Pramāṇakīrtiḥ. Papers dedicated to Ernst Steinkellner on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Part 1. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 70.1. pp. 285–314. Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 2007.

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