| Guhyagarbha tantra Tibetan: རྒྱུད་གསང་བ་སྙིང་པོི་ Wylie: rgyud gsang ba snying po |
The Guhyagarbha tantra (The Tantra of the Secret Quintessence) is the main tantra of Mahayoga. Tibetan refers to a group of languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia as well as by overseas The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliterating the Tibetan script using the keys on a typical English language Typewriter. Vajrayana Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayana, Mantranaya, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and Mahayoga (Skt "great yoga" is the designation of the first of the three Inner Tantras according to the ninefold division of practice used by the Nyingma The Guhyagarbha (which is a Sanskrit word) tantra is also known as the Guhyakośa-tantra. Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical
Higher tantras require an empowerment from a qualified Lama before they can be studied and practiced, and therefore, are not usually discussed publicly.
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