25 Facts About Vajrayana Buddhism

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

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

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Vajrayana Buddhism Buddhists developed a large corpus of texts called the Buddhist Tantras, some of which can be traced to at least the 7th century CE but might be older.

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The major difference seen by Vajrayana Buddhism thinkers is the superiority of Tantric methods, which provide a faster vehicle to liberation and contain many more skillful means .

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Douglas Duckworth notes that Vajrayana Buddhism sees Buddhahood not as something outside or an event in the future, but as immanently present.

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Tsongkhapa on the other hand, held that there is no difference between Vajrayana Buddhism and other forms of Mahayana in terms of prajnaparamita itself, only that Vajrayana Buddhism is a method which works faster.

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Vajrayana Buddhism can be seen as a third yana, next to Sravakayana and Mahayana.

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The Sutrayana is the method of perfecting good qualities, where the Vajrayana Buddhism is the method of taking the intended outcome of Buddhahood as the path.

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Goal of spiritual practice within the Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism traditions is to become a Sammasambuddha, those on this path are termed Bodhisattvas.

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The Bodhisattva-path is an integral part of the Vajrayana Buddhism, which teaches that all practices are to be undertaken with the motivation to achieve Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings.

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Vajrayana 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.

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Many techniques are commonly said to be secret, but some Vajrayana Buddhism teachers have responded that secrecy itself is not important and only a side-effect of the reality that the techniques have no validity outside the teacher-student lineage.

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Vajrayana Buddhism teaches that these techniques provide faster path to Buddhahood.

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Vajrayana Buddhism is a system of tantric lineages, and thus only those who receive an empowerment or initiation are allowed to practice the more advanced esoteric methods.

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Vajrayana Buddhism uses a rich variety of symbols, terms, and images that have multiple meanings according to a complex system of analogical thinking.

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Vajrayana Buddhism has thus become a major inspiration in traditional Tibetan art.

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Esoteric and Tantric teachings followed the same route into northern China as Vajrayana 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.

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Today, esoteric traditions are deeply embedded in mainstream Chinese Vajrayana 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 Vajrayana Buddhism are the Mahavairocana Sutra and Vajrasekhara Sutra.

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

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Vajrayana 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.

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

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

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

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

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