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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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    one is on the move it is Guhyasamāja. If one is still, it is Guhyasamāja. If one is meditating, it should be upon Guhyasamāja.' Therefore, whether one...
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    tantras include the Mahāvairocana Abhisaṃbodhi and the Guhyasamāja (Gathering of Secrets). The Guhyasamāja is a Mahayoga class of Tantra, which features forms...
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    represents the forces of the human body. The explanatory tantra of the Guhyasamaja tantra, the Vajramala, states: "The body becomes a palace, the hallowed...
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    Śraddhākaravarman, a Guhyasamāja commentator and author of Yogānattaratantrārthāvatārasaṃgraha Prasantajnana, Guhyasamāja commentator Vimalagupta, Guhyasamāja commentator...
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    A 17th-century Tibetan thangka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra; the Ming dynasty court gathered various tribute items that were native products of Tibet...
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    Avalokiteshvara or Akshobhya Buddha. Different tantric cycles, like Guhyasamaja and Chakrasamvara, each contain Mahakala as an emanation of their central...
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    A 17th century Central Tibetan thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra....
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    Jñānapāda tradition of Guhyasamāja exegesis, which places Mañjuvajra (a tantric form of Mañjuśrī) at the center of the Guhyasamāja mandala. In the Nyingma...
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    17th century Central Tibetan thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra, Rubin Museum of Art...
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    Nyingma school, important tantras include the Guhyagarbha Tantra, the Guhyasamaja Tantra, the Kulayarāja Tantra and the 17 Dzogchen Tantras. In the Sarma...
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    Saivism. Sanderson argues that Vajrayāna works like the Samvara and Guhyasamaja texts show direct borrowing from Shaiva tantric literature. However,...
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    mantra for Mañjuvajra, a tantric form of Mañjuśrī associated with the Guhyasamaja tradition, it is: Oṃ Mañjuvajra Hūṃ Mañjuśrī is known in China as Wenshu...
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    systems, especially through commentaries on key tantras such as the Guhyasamāja Tantra, Mahavairocana sutra, and the Guhyagarbha Tantra. While the view...
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    four-fold lineage is the illusory body and transference yogas of the Guhyasamaja and Chatushpitha Tantra, transmitted through Tilopa, Nagarjuna, Indrabhuti...
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  • analogous to the physical isolation (kāyaviveka, Tib. lus bden) phase of Guhyasamāja tantra. For Patanjali, it is a bridge between the bahiranga (external)...
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    lineages of the Guhyasamāja tantra, a text which Tsongkhapa considered to be the "king of tantras". His close connection to the Guhyasamāja tradition was...
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    to be the prime Buddha of the Father tantras (tib. pha-rgyud) such as Guhyasamaja, Yamantaka, and so on From the primordial Buddha Vajradhara/Samantabhadra...
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    Nīlakaṇṭha Tārā Mahākāla Hayagrīva Amitābha Bhaiṣajyaguru/Akṣobhya Guhyasamāja Vajrayoginī/Vajravārāhī Heruka/Cakrasaṃvara Yamāntaka Kālacakra Hevajra...
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    Vajrayana and is found in sources like the Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa, and the Guhyasamāja Tantra. Key Indic Vajrayana texts which focus on Tārā include the Tantra...
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  • Based on instances of intertextuality it is considered to postdate the Guhyasamāja Tantra; and because it is less doctrinally and structurally developed...
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    mention of Ratnasambhava is found in the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra and in the Guhyasamāja Tantra (4th Century CE), and he subsequently appears in a number of Vajrayana...
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    union with a consort, they include: Mahākāla Hayagrīva Guhyasamāja Garuda Ganapati Heruka Guhyasamāja Cakrasaṃvara Yamāntaka Rakta Yamari Kālacakra Hevajra...
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    most sacred manuscripts including the Prajnyaparamita Sutra and the Guhyasamaja. The exact number of volumes in the Nalanda library is not known, but...
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    Buddhist works called Mahayoga tantras (which include the Guhyagarbha and Guhyasamaja). These texts "focused on the body's interior, on the anatomical details...
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    spiritual curriculum include the cycles of Vajrakilaya, Mahākāla and Guhyasamāja tantras. The fourth Sakya patriarch, Sakya Pandita, was notable for his...
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  • Manjushri) Sampuṭodbhavaḥ (Emergence from Samputa) Caṇḍamahā­roṣaṇa Tantra Guhyasamāja (Esoteric Community) Vajramahābhairava Tantra (Great Vajra Terrifier...
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    categories such as pure and impure, permitted and forbidden". As the Guhyasamaja Tantra states "the wise man who does not discriminate achieves Buddhahood"...
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    Tathāgataguhya (the text of this sutra was lost, and later replaced by the Guhyasamāja Tantra) Newar Buddhism is characterized by its extensive and detailed...
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    practices reportedly include those of Kalachakra, Yamantaka, Chakrasamvara, Guhyasamaja, and Vajrakilaya. Founded in either 1564 or 1565 as Phende Lekshe Ling...
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