བྱ་བའི་རྒྱུད། | Glossary of Terms
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བྱ་བའི་རྒྱུད།
- བྱ་རྒྱུད།
- bya ba’i rgyud
- bya rgyud
- kriyātantra
- Term
- kriyātantra
- བྱ་རྒྱུད།
- bya rgyud
- kriyātantra
The first class of tantra in most systems of tantra classification (the other classes being, in the fivefold classification, Caryātantra, Yogatantra, Yogottaratantra, and Yoganiruttaratantra).
- Kriyātantra
- བྱ་བའི་རྒྱུད།
- bya ba’i rgyud
- kriyātantra
A class of tantric scripture that generally features elaborate rites directed toward both mundane goals—such as health, prosperity, and protection—and to the ultimate goal of liberation. In this class of tantra, the practitioners do not identify themselves with the deity as in other classes of tantra, but rather seek their power, assistance, and intervention in pursuit of their goals. The Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa and Amoghapāśakalparāja exemplify this class of tantra.
- Action Tantra
- བྱ་བའི་རྒྱུད།
- bya ba’i rgyud
- kriyātantra
A class of tantric scripture that generally features elaborate rites directed toward both mundane goals—such as health, prosperity, and protection—and to the ultimate goal of liberation. In this class of tantra, the practitioners do not identify themselves with the deity as in other classes of tantra, but rather seek their power, assistance, and intervention in pursuit of their goals. The Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa and Amoghapāśakalparāja exemplify this class of tantra.