Guhyagarbha tantra
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| 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. The Guhyagarbha (which is a Sanskrit word) tantra is also known as the Guhyakośa-tantra.
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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- Tibetan Text
- Abrams, M. and Wilkinson, C. (Eds.), Matthieu Ricard (Trans). (2001). The *Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin [Electronic version]. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion.
- Davidson, R. (2002). Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement [Electronic version]. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Guenther, Herbert V. (2001) Matrix of Mystery: Scientific and Humanistic Aspects of rDzogs-chen Thought , Boston, Shambhala Publications.
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