84000 Glossary of Terms

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རྒྱུད། | Glossary of Terms

  • རྒྱུད།

  • rgyud
  • tantra
  • Term
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  • རྒྱུད།
  • rgyud
  • tantra
Definition in this text:

Meaning “method” in general, in Buddhism it refers to an important body of literature dealing with a great variety of techniques of advanced meditations, incorporating rituals, incantations, and visualisations, that are stamped as esoteric until a practitioner has already attained a certain stage of ethical and philosophical development.

  • tantra
  • རྒྱུད།
  • rgyud
  • tantra