Books The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, Volume One: Tantra in Tibet (Revised Edition) by The Dalai Lama (Author), Tsongkhapa (Author), Jeffrey Hopkins (Editor)

"The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, Volume One: Tantra in Tibet (Revised Edition)" is an authoritative work featuring a profound commentary by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on Tsongkhapa’s seminal Tibetan Buddhist text on tantra, with editing by scholar Jeffrey Hopkins.

This volume explains the foundational principles and distinctions between the Mahayana and Hinayana sutra traditions and between the sutra traditions and tantra in general. It provides highly practical and compassionate insights into tantra as a science of spiritual development and transformation. The book includes the first part of Tsongkhapa’s classic "Great Exposition of Secret Mantra" text and explicates key themes such as refuge, the three paths, mantra’s greatness, initiation, and the path to Buddhahood through the Vajra Vehicle.

Jeffrey Hopkins supplements the text with scholarly clarifications on critical tantric concepts like emptiness, psychological transformation, and the purpose and classification of the four tantras (Kriya, Charya, Yoga, and Anuttarayoga Tantras).