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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Sukhāntaka (सुखान्तक) refers to the “end of the pleasure”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “[...] (The meaning of the letter śrī, i.e., the non-dual consciousness—) The letter śrī is the meaning of every originated being. [Every originated being is] known to be external and internal, and both of these [external and internal aspects] are [present as assuming] the form [in terms] of the conventional [truth]. The ultimate [truth] is what is at the end of the pleasure (sukhāntaka). The syllable letter śrī is also explained by evam and others [that are] non-dual. [...]”.

Note: According to the Bohitā (D 1419, 133 r 3), what is at the end of the pleasure (sukhāntaka) means the pleasure of the middle beyond verbal expression (bar ma’i bde ba brjod du med pa), which he experiences at the end of the Innate Pleasure (lhan cig skyes pa’i dga’ ba’i mthar) as long as he is keeping [his semen] unfallen (lhung ba med pa bral ba ji srid pa, “as long as not, [viz.,] without, falling”).

context information

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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Partial matches: Sukha, Antaka.

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