Vajrayana
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title:
Vajrayana
text:
Mikkyō Vajrayāna, also known as Mantrayāna, Mantranāya, Guhyamantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, is a Buddhist tradition of tantric practice that developed in Medieval India and spread to Tibet, Nepal, other Himalayan states, East Asia, parts of Southeast Asia and Mongolia. Vajrayāna practices are connected to specific lineages in Buddhism, through the teachings of lineage holders. Others might generally refer to these texts as the Buddhist Tantras. It includes pract
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wiki
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Indian Buddhist tantric tradition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana
date created:
2002-06-26T03:43:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T19:00:10Z
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