The Secret of the Vajra World: The Tantric Buddhism of Tibet by Reginald A. Ray


The Secret of the Vajra World by Reginald A. Ray is an intense study into the deepest mysteries of Tibet's Tantric--Vajrayana--Buddhism. The text is an intricate manual into many of the secrets that have been long held by Masters from the Himalayas. While many Westerners understand Tantra to be a sexual practice, this is far from the truth, as only the highest realized practitioners work on sexual alchemy via Kundalini, or serpent energy. The majority of The Secret of the Vajra World reveals methods of visualization, open-eye meditation, Phowa practice, and embracing the external world in order to realize its illusory nature, and ultimately transcend it to Buddha-hood. The depth of the text allows a reader to delve deeply into its mysteries for a spiritual practice that could easily last a lifetime or more.