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    "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 (/ˈtʌntrə/; 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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    The Guhyasamāja Tantra (Sanskrit: गुह्यसमाजतंत्र, romanized: Guhyasamājatantra, lit. 'Tantra of the Secret Society/Community'; Tibetan: གསང་འདུས་རྩ་རྒྱུད...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    "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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    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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    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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    the mandala instead of Vairocana. The Mother Tantras (i.e. Yoginitantras), like the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, adopt the basic idea of the five family mandalas...
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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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  • 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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    Iconography. Courier Corporation.[ISBN missing] Gray, David (2007). The Cakrasamvara Tantra (The Discourse of Sri Heruka): Śrīherukābhidhāna: A Study and Annotated...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (the text of this sutra was lost, and later replaced by the Guhyasamāja Tantra) Newar Buddhism is characterized by its extensive and detailed rituals,...
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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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