A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Glorious Hevajra Tantra called “The Garland of Pearls”

A String of Pearls is a commentary on the Hevajra Tantra, one of the most important texts of the Yoginī tantra class of esoteric Buddhist literature. Written by the famous master and scholar Ratnākaraśānti, who himself was a holder of a Hevajra transmission lineage, this commentary is highly regarded by scholars and practitioners both past and present. Written in the pañjikā style, Ratnākaraśānti analyzes the root text word by word lexically and grammatically, and provides an exhaustive exegetical analysis on both the text itself and the key tenets of Yoginī tantra broadly. Taking a Yogācāra perspective, Ratnākaraśānti demonstrates that the tantra is in perfect agreement with the Buddhist sūtra tradition.