"Cakrasaṃvara" may also refer to the main deity in this tantra as well as to a collection of texts or "cycle" associated with the root Cakrasaṃvara tantra...
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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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nature. Among the Mother Tantras, the most prominent is the Cakrasaṃvara. The practice of Vajrayogini evolved out of the Cakrasaṃvara practice and is now a...
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Vajrayana (redirect from Buddhist Tantra)
Tantra: Context and Philosophy in the Mahayoga System of rNying-ma Tantra.[full citation needed] Gray, David B., ed. (2007). The Cakrasamvara Tantra:...
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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)
Womb Tantra), the key Mahayoga tantra in the Nyingma tradition Cakrasaṃvara Tantra (Supreme Bliss of the Wheels Tantra, c. 8th to 9th century), also called...
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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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Dakini (section In Anuttarayoga Tantra)
from the Sanskrit khecara (of the same meaning), a term from the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. The masculine form of the word is ḍāka, which is usually translated...
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Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1-55939-930-9. Gray, David (2007). The Cakrasamvara Tantra. New York: Columbia University. Kornfield, Jack (2000). After the...
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Heruka is also a name for the deity of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Heruka (Sanskrit; Tibetan: Wylie: khrag 'thung) is the name of a category of wrathful...
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practiced specific tantras, for example Brahman Kukkuripa (34th in Abhyadatta's list) of Kapilaśakru practiced Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, Monk Virūpa (3) of...
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mandalas. An example of an influential mother tantra completion phase system is that of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra ("The binding of the chakras"), which Kongtrül...
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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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Avalokiteshvara. She is also associated with the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, where she is paired in yab-yum with the Heruka Cakrasaṃvara. The Vajravarahi tulku lineage is the...
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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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Routledge. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-135-02922-7. Gray, David (2007), The Cakrasamvara Tantra (The Discourse of Sri Heruka): Śrīherukābhidhāna: A Study and Annotated...
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Mahamaya, Hevajra, Cakrasamvara and Vajrabhairava tantras into a single mandala, imagined at different chakras within the body of Cakrasamvara. In this practice...
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They arise from the Secret Essence Wheel Tantra and is associated with the collection/cycle of Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Primarily employed as a wealth practice...
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Tibetan tantric practice (redirect from Tantra Techniques)
"Yogini" type tantras (also known as "father & mother") in which one finds fierce deities in sexual union, including Kālacakra, Hevajra, Cakrasaṃvara, Guhyasamāja...
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Hevajra Tantra and Cakrasamvara Tantra. Non-dual tantras, which balance the above elements, and mainly refers to the Kalacakra Tantra The root tantras themselves...
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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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to focus the mind and aid meditation. According to the Root tantra of Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, "If you wish for sublime realization, offer hundreds of lights"...
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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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Anuttarayoga Tantra Cakrasaṃvara Tantra Guhyagarbha Tantra Kulayarāja Tantra Mahāmāyā Tantra Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa Mañjuśrīnāmasamgīti Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra Vajrasekhara...
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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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acts of meditation The central tantric deities of the Kagyu schools are Cakrasaṃvara and his consort Vajravārāhī. A central set of practices maintained in...
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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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on the Cakrasamvara tantra. Śrīdhara was the next preceptor, followed by Bhavabhaṭṭa. The latter, also a prominent commentator on Cakrasamvara, may have...
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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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