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Tāranātha's History of Buddhism in India
Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608. V. Vasil`ev of St. Petersburg translated it from Tibetan into Russian in April 1869 followed by the German translation of the text by Schiefner also published from St. Peterburg in October of the same Year. In view of the profound importance of the work for understanding Indian history in general and of the history of Buddhism in particular. modern scholars have extensively using specially Schiefner`s German translation of the History for decades and this for varied purposes.
The collected works of Jo-naṅ Rje-btsun Tāranātha
Writings on Buddhist philosophy and esoteric practice of the Jonangpa tradition in Tibetan Buddhism.
Tāranātha's Life of Kr̥ṣṇācārya/Kāṇha
This biography of one of the most charismatic Indian siddhas or tantric adepts, prominent in the tantric lineage that were conveyed to Tibet, particularly those concerning Cakrasamvara and Vajra Varahi, was complied by the renowned Tibetan historian Jonang Taranatha from both written and oral sources. He describes Krsnacsrya's training with his own guru, Jalandharipa, his exploits in various parts of India and his eventual untimely death.
The Seven Instruction Lineages
In the present work, Taranatha paints a miraculous picture of the great Siddhas of India their lives and the lineages which sprang from their teachings. In all, the lives of some 59 Siddhas are related some well known, others more obscure, but all linked by their various lineages and by the instructions handed down from Siddha to disciple. Taranatha’s account of these remarkable lives is especially valuable as he had as his gurus, and as the sources of these accounts, three Indians from the very traditions about which he wrote with such conviction. The lineage accounts are very important for a clear understanding of the Tantric upadesas themselves. In several places Taranatha makes quite sure that his own lineage is irrefutably established so that there is no doubt that he is a participator in the upadesas themselves, not merely a hander down of legends. The accounts were evidently passed on and, due to the special factors involved in the tantric oral tradition, we cannot but understand them as being accurate and reliable.
Jo nang rje btsun Tāranāthaʼi gsung ʼbum dpe bsdur ma bzhugs so: Autobiography
New edition of the collected Works of an eminent Lama of the Jo-nang school.
Sgrol Maʼi Rgyud Kyi Byung Khung Gsal Bar Byed Paʼi Lo Rgyus Gser Gyi Phreng Ba
Is one of the most accomplished scholars of the unorthodox Jo-nan sect, strings together from various fragmentary sources a mine of legends and episodes on the origin and diffusion of Tara's tantra. The Origin of Tara tantra, though not dependent on legends and largely anecdotal, has nevertheless about it a strong feeling of historic time and provides an important and accurate account of the lineages of the Siddhas who worshipped Tara and passed on her Upadesas, revelations and Tantra besides giving a background to the masters of the Tibetan Siddhas who grew from India's rich tantric soil.
Seeing the Sacred in Samsara
Rare paintings set aside life stories of each of the eighty-four wild Buddhist saints of ancient India. This exquisite full-color presentation of the lives of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas, or “great accomplished ones,” offers a fresh glimpse into the world of the famous tantric yogis of medieval India. The stories of these tantric saints have captured the imagination of Buddhists across Asia for nearly a millennium. Unlike monks and nuns who renounce the world, these saints sought the sacred in the midst of samsara. Some were simple peasants who meditated while doing manual labor. Others were kings and queens who traded the comfort and riches of the palace for the danger and transgressio...
Dpal Rgyal-ba Jo-nang-baʼi chos ʼbyung skor bzhugs so
Religious history of Jonang Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
