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Dzogchen Buddhism

Dzogchen

Dzogchen (Wylie: rdzogs chen, "Great perfection" or "Great completion"; also known as Atiyoga), is a tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. It is based on discovering the primordial state and...

Dzogchen

Dzogchen (Wylie: rdzogs chen, "Great perfection" or "Great completion"; also known as Atiyoga), is a tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. It is based on discovering the primordial state and...

Shingon

Shingon

Shingon (眞言; 真言?) is an esoteric Japanese Buddhist school, founded in the ninth century by the monk Kūkai (空海), who was given the posthumous title of Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師), the...

Shingon

Shingon (眞言; 真言?) is an esoteric Japanese Buddhist school, founded in the ninth century by the monk Kūkai (空海), who was given the posthumous title of Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師), the...

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism, also known as Lamaism, Vajrayāna Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism or Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, is the Buddhism that developed in the Himalayas. This form of Buddhism is followed by 6% of...

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism, also known as Lamaism, Vajrayāna Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism or Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, is the Buddhism that developed in the Himalayas. This form of Buddhism is followed by 6% of...

Vajrayana Buddhism

Vajrayana

Vajrayana (Sanskrit वज्रयान vajrayāna ("diamond vehicle") Tibetan Dorje Thegpa, also Wadschrajana, Mantrayana ("mantra vehicle"), Tantrayāna ("tantra vehicle") or esoteric Buddhism), is a current of Mahayana Buddhism that arose from the...

Vajrayana

Vajrayana (Sanskrit वज्रयान vajrayāna ("diamond vehicle") Tibetan Dorje Thegpa, also Wadschrajana, Mantrayana ("mantra vehicle"), Tantrayāna ("tantra vehicle") or esoteric Buddhism), is a current of Mahayana Buddhism that arose from the...

Yogachara Buddhism

Yogachara

The Yogācāra or Citta-mātra (mind alone) or Vijñānavāda (consciousness school), is one of the two main Mahāyāna schools of Buddhist thought. It is a school of Buddhist philosophical principles that...

Yogachara

The Yogācāra or Citta-mātra (mind alone) or Vijñānavāda (consciousness school), is one of the two main Mahāyāna schools of Buddhist thought. It is a school of Buddhist philosophical principles that...

Madhyamaka Buddhism

Madhyamaka

Madhyamaka ("middle way", "middle path" or "centrism", in traditional Chinese, 中觀見; pinyin, Zhōngguān Jìan, Tibetan: dbu ma pa) refers to a tradition of Buddhist philosophy and practice founded by the...

Madhyamaka

Madhyamaka ("middle way", "middle path" or "centrism", in traditional Chinese, 中觀見; pinyin, Zhōngguān Jìan, Tibetan: dbu ma pa) refers to a tradition of Buddhist philosophy and practice founded by the...