The Lotus Pond is a commentary on difficult points of the Hevajratantra by the tenth-century Indian tantric master Saroruhavajra, the originator of one of the most prominent Hevajra lineages in both Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Currently only available in Tibetan, this Hevajra commentary has been regarded as one of the most challenging to translate to date. Saroruhavajra’s commentary provides philosophical discussions, some intriguing etymological explanations, and extensive instructions on practice by drawing upon a large set of other tantric texts and adapting their formulations to fit the Hevajra context.

The Jewel Garland of Yoga 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 master and scholar Kāṇha, who himself was a holder of a Hevajra transmission lineage within the first two hundred years of the appearance of the root text, it is now one of the most highly regarded commentaries of the Hevajra system. It is written in the pañjikā style, in which the root text is analyzed word by word lexically and grammatically, and is treated with an exhaustive exegetical analysis. The commentary not only analyzes the text itself, but also explains the most important tenets of the Yoginī Tantras broadly.