Adiyoga, Ādiyoga, Adi-yoga: 1 definition
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Adiyoga means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)1) Ādiyoga (आदियोग) refers to the “first union”, according to Ratnākaraśānti’s Bhramahara (Cf. Isaacson 2002, 162, lines 9-15).—Accordingly, the practitioner should generate himself as Hevajra in the First Union (ādiyoga). The practitioner, who has the form of the seed syllables, should enter the womb of Nairātmyā, Hevajra’s consort, through Hevajra’s mouth, become liquid (i.e. the state of śūnyatā), be emitted outside the womb, and have the form of Hevajra.
2) Ādiyoga (आदियोग) refers to the “beginning yoga” (phase of the sādhana), according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—Accordingly, [while commenting on verse 93cd]—“{With five faces. With five crests [of hair]. With a crown of five hair-braids}.—And this second half [of the verse] should be understood with reference to the Ādibuddha, via the teacher’s instruction on the beginning yoga (ādiyoga) [phase of the sādhana]. And as it is explained there, it is not restated here.”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Starts with: Adiyogacarya, Adiyogacharya, Atiyokam.
Full-text: Drashtavya, Nairatmya, Samyama, Upadesha, Gurupadesha, Vyakhyatatva, Vyakhyata, Shunyata.
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