The Kulayarāja Tantra (Tibetan phonetically: Kunjed Gyalpo, Tibetan: ཀུན་བྱེད་རྒྱལ་པོའི་རྒྱུད་, Wylie: Kun-byed Rgyal-po'i Rgyud; English: "All-Creating...
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Tantra (/ˈtæntrə/; Sanskrit: तन्त्र, lit. 'expansion-device, salvation-spreader; loom, weave, warp') is an esoteric yogic tradition that developed on the...
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The Guhyasamāja Tantra (Sanskrit: गुह्यसमाजतंत्र, romanized: Guhyasamājatantra, lit. 'Tantra of the Secret Society/Community'; Tibetan: གསང་འདུས་རྩ་རྒྱུད...
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Cakrasaṃvara Tantra (Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ་བདེ་མཆོག་, Wylie: 'khor lo bde mchog, THL: khor lo dé chok, khorlo demchok, The "Binding of the Wheels" Tantra, Chinese:...
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Kalachakra (redirect from Kalachakra Tantra)
and a major practice lineage in Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. The tantra is considered to belong to the unexcelled yoga (anuttara-yoga) class. Kālacakra...
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Buddhist tantric literature (redirect from Buddhist Tantras)
earliest Dzogchen texts, c. 9th century), which includes tantras like the Kulayarāja Tantra (All Creating King), the "Space Series" (Longde, c. 11th–14th...
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Norbu, Chögyal Namkhai (1999). The Crystal and The Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen (New ed.). Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1-55939-135-9...
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Vajrayana (redirect from Buddhist Tantra)
("path of mantra"), Guhyamantrayāna ("Secret Mantra Vehicle"), Tantrayāna ("tantra vehicle"), Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, is a Buddhist tradition...
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Phowa (section In early Indian yoga and tantra)
many Saiva scriptures, in one Vaisnava Samhita, and a handful of Sākta Tantras. The method can be applied at the moment of death to, according to Vajrayāna...
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female's lap, called yum-yab. The symbolism is associated with Anuttarayoga tantra and, while there are various interpretations of the symbolism in twilight...
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Compendium of the Reality of All Tathāgatas), also known as the Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra, is an important seventh century Indian Buddhist tantric text. Although...
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Ganachakra (section In Hindu tantra)
Woodroffe (writing as Arthur Avalon, 1918) affirms that the panchamrita of Tantra, Hindu and Buddhist traditions are directly related to the Mahābhūta or...
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school, important tantras include the Guhyagarbha Tantra, the Guhyasamaja Tantra, the Kulayarāja Tantra and the 17 Dzogchen Tantras. In the Sarma schools...
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instrument symbolizing vajra is extensively used in the rituals of the tantra. It consists of a spherical central section, with two symmetrical sets of...
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passion. Tummo is found in the Mahasiddha Krishnacarya and the Hevajra Tantra texts. Tummo is also a tantric practice for inner heat, developed around...
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Dakini (section In Anuttarayoga Tantra)
Śrīmatottara Tantra: here, the names listed are Dākinī, Rākinī, Lākinī, Kākinī, Śākinī, Hākinī, Yākinī and Kusumā. Another chapter in the Kubjikāmata Tantra lists...
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Tibetan tantric practice), it is known as a jñanamudra ("wisdom seal"). Tantra uses skillful means to transform what could tie a practitioner to samsara...
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spiritual abilities and powers. Mahasiddhas were practitioners of yoga and tantra, or tantrikas. Their historical influence throughout the Indian subcontinent...
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texts. Kulayarāja Tantra Divine presence Sanghyang Adi Buddha Vairocana Gautama Buddha in Hinduism Wayman, Alex (2013). The Buddhist Tantras: Light on...
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Nyingma (section Outer tantras)
Gyalpo (Sanskrit: Kulayarāja Tantra; The Great Leveler) Tantra, the most significant of the 'mind' tantras. Twenty-one main tantras are listed, though...
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Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa (category Buddhist tantras)
bodhisattva of wisdom, Mañjuśrī. In Tibetan Buddhism it is classified as a Kriyā-tantra. According to Sanderson (2009: 129) and the study by Matsunaga (1985), the...
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Anuttarayoga Tantra Cakrasaṃvara Tantra Guhyagarbha Tantra Kulayarāja Tantra Mahāmāyā Tantra Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa Mañjuśrīnāmasamgīti Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra Vajrasekhara...
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Books. ISBN 0-7054-3563-6. Mayer, Robert (1996). A Scripture of the Ancient Tantra Collection: The Phur-pa bcu-gnyis. Kindsdale Publications. ISBN 1-870838-52-1...
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The fundamental practice of Vajrayana and Tibetan tantra is deity yoga (devatayoga), meditation on a chosen deity or "cherished divinity" (Skt. Iṣṭa-devatā...
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aspiration or application. Criticizing the teachings of the sutras and tantras. Revealing secrets to those who are unworthy. Mistreating one's body. Rejecting...
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Without the guru's example, blessings, and guidance, genuine progress in tantra is held to be impossible for all but the most keen and gifted.[citation...
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The Guhyagarbha Tantra (Skt.; Tib. རྒྱུད་གསང་བ་སྙིང་པོ་, Gyü Sangwé Nyingpo; Wyl. rgyud gsang ba'i snying po, "The Tantra of the Secret Essence" or the...
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Shiva) and his consort Umā (Pārvatī). A commentary on the Mahavairocana Tantra by the Tang monk Yi Xing meanwhile attributes the taming of Maheśvara to...
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and its Fruit" deriving from the mahasiddha Virūpa based upon the Hevajra Tantra. Mal Lotsawa introduced to Sakya the esoteric Vajrayogini lineage known...
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rdzogs rim) practices of different Buddhist highest yoga tantras (Skt. Anuttarayoga Tantra; Wylie: bla med rgyud), which use the energy-winds (Skt. vāyu...
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