14 Facts About Tantric Buddhism

Chinese Esoteric Tantric Buddhism it is generally known by various terms such as Zhenyan, Tangmi or Hanmi, Mizong or Mijiao.

Tantric Buddhism is associated with groups of wandering yogis called mahasiddhas in medieval India.

Vajrayana Tantric Buddhism is esoteric in the sense that the transmission of certain teachings only occurs directly from teacher to student during an empowerment and their practice requires initiation in a ritual space containing the mandala of the deity.

Esoteric and Tantric teachings followed the same route into northern China as Buddhism itself, arriving via the Silk Road and Southeast Asian Maritime trade routes sometime during the first half of the 7th century, during the Tang dynasty and received sanction from the emperors of the Tang dynasty.

Today, esoteric traditions are deeply embedded in mainstream Chinese Buddhism and expressed through various rituals which make use of tantric mantra and dharani and the veneration of certain tantric deities like Cundi and Acala.

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The primary texts of Shingon Tantric Buddhism are the Mahavairocana Sutra and Vajrasekhara Sutra.

The founder of Shingon Tantric Buddhism was Kukai, a Japanese monk who studied in China in the 9th century during the Tang dynasty and brought back Vajrayana scriptures, techniques and mandalas then popular in China.

Esoteric Tantric Buddhism was supported by the royalty of both Unified Silla and Goryeo Dynasty.

Vajrayana Tantric Buddhism was initially established in Tibet in the 8th century when various figures like Padmasambhava and Santaraksita were invited by King Trisong Detsen, some time before 767.

Tibetan Buddhism reflects the later stages tantric Indian Buddhism of the post-Gupta Early Medieval period.

Tibetan Tantric Buddhism includes numerous native Tibetan developments, such as the tulku system, new sadhana texts, Tibetan scholastic works, Dzogchen literature and Terma literature.

Indonesian Esoteric Tantric Buddhism refers to the traditions of Esoteric Tantric Buddhism found in the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra before the rise and dominance of Islam in the region.

The Tantric Buddhism Buddhist 'Yogavacara' tradition was a major Buddhist tradition in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand well into the modern era.

Term Tantric Buddhism was not one originally used by those who practiced it.