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Yab-yum represents the practice of the karmamudrā or "action-seal", a tantric yoga involving a physical partner. The sacred Tantric practice leads to rapid development of mind by using the experience of bliss, non-duality, and ecstasy while in communion with one's consort, either visualized, or in the case of advanced practitioners, in some ...
Freer Gallery of Art. The 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: 勝樂金剛) is an influential Buddhist Tantra. It is roughly dated to the late 8th or early 9th century by David B. Gray ...
Tantra (/ ˈ t æ n t r ə /; ... Yab-Yum; Ordination and transmission ... According to Padoux, "this is also, with nuances, the position of the Pñcaratra and of ...
In the Chakrasaṃvara Tantra, Vajrayoginī appears as his yab-yum consort, [5] to become a stand-alone practice of Anuttarayoga Tantra in its own right. [6] The practice of Vajrayoginī belongs to the Mother Tantra (Wylie: ma rgyud) class of Anuttarayoga Tantras along with other tantras such as the Cakrasaṃvara and Hevajra Tantras.
The Guhyasamāja-tantra is not to be confused with the Mahayana sutra titled Tathāgataguhyaka Sūtra. [1] [2] In India, it was classified as a Yoga or Mahāyoga Tantra. In Tibet it is considered an Unexcelled Yoga Tantra (rnal ’byor bla med rgyud).
Padmasambhava is depicted as a great tantric adept who tames the spirits and demons of Tibet and turns them into guardians for the Buddha's Dharma (specifically, the deity Pe har is made the protector of Samye). He is also said to have spread Vajrayana Buddhism to the people of Tibet, and specifically introduced its practice of Tantra. [32] [33 ...
As such, Buddha Vajradhara is thought to be the supreme essence of all (male) Buddhas; It is the Tantric form of Sakyamuni which is called Vajradhara. Tantras are texts specific to Tantrism and are believed to have been originally taught by the Tantric form of Sakyamuni called Buddha Vajradhara. He is an expression of Buddhahood itself in both ...
Buddhist Tantra arrived in China during the Tang dynasty (where it was known as Tangmi) and was brought to Japan by Kukai (774–835), where it is known as Shingon. [8] Tantric texts were brought to Tibet in two historical periods, the eighth century and the 11th century (which are called the "early translations" and "second dissemination ...