"A timely, painstakingly precise, engagingly readable translation of an important scholastic treatise on Buddhist tantric tradition from early 15th-century Tibet.... worthy of extended reflection and analysis by anyone wanting to understand Tibetan perspectives on Indian Buddhist tantra."
– Kurtis Schaeffer, University of Virginia
"A crucial contribution to our understanding of the formation of tantric Buddhism in Tibet and an impressive feat of translation by a leading scholar… explores the key sources available to the Tibetan author and how he established himself as a major authority on Cakrasamvara while grounding tantric practice in philosophical study and the realization of emptiness.”
– Jacob Dalton, University of California, Berkeley
“Consistent and exemplary… careful… thorough… always thoughtful in providing both specialist and general reader with a consistently useful analysis.”
– Todd Lewis, College of the Holy Cross