Anuttarayogatantra, Anuttara-yogatantra: 6 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Anuttarayogatantra (अनुत्तरयोगतन्त्र) refers to the “mode of the highest yoga” and represents one of the divisions of Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhism, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).—Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna is commonly divided into four modes of practice, kriyā, "action", worshiping and serving a deity seen as outside oneself, caryā, "performance", embodying a deity by performing its ritual music and dance, yoga, "meditation", visualizing a deity or deities and absorbing them into oneself, and anuttarayoga, "the highest yoga", using sophisticated yogic meditation practices to actively turn oneself into an enlightened divinity. [...] Yogatantra and Anuttarayogatantra both involve the visualization and meditative absorption of a deity or deities, and the deities' retinue and mandala (samādhi). What makes Anuttarayoga (Anuttarayogatantra) unique is the nature of the deities visualized, wrathful and erotic, and the level of sophistication of the meditative practices which include caṇḍalī-yoga, "yogic heat", known as "Tummo" in Tibetan, which are breathing exercises using kuṇḍalinī-yoga for generating internal heat originating from the pelvic bowl, utkrānti-yoga, "death yoga", known as "Phowa" in Tibetan, which is transference of consciousness at the time of death, and śmāśāna-yoga, "cremation ground yoga", meditations and ritual magic performed in cremation grounds.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Anuttarayogatantra (अनुत्तरयोगतन्त्र).—Title of the last of the four Bauddhatantras.
Derivable forms: anuttarayogatantram (अनुत्तरयोगतन्त्रम्).
Anuttarayogatantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anuttara and yogatantra (योगतन्त्र).
Anuttarayogatantra (अनुत्तरयोगतन्त्र):—[=an-uttara-yoga-tantra] [from an-uttara] n. title of the last of the four Bauddhatantras.
Anuttarayogatantra (अनुत्तरयोगतन्त्र):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-ntram) The name of the last of the four Bauddha Tantras, the Tantra of the supreme Yoga. (The other three are called kriyātantra, ācāratantra and yogatantra qq. vv.) E. anuttara-yoga and tantra.
Anuttarayogatantra (अनुत्तरयोगतन्त्र):—(anuttarayoga [anuttara + yoga] + tantra) n. eine der [4] Klassen von Tantra's bei den Buddhisten [Burnouf 638.]
Anuttarayogatantra (अनुत्तरयोगतन्त्र):—n. Titel eines Tantra (budd.).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Anuttarayoga, Anuttara, Yogatantra, Tantra.
Full-text: Wu shang yu jia, Candali, Wu shang yu jia da te luo, Samadhi, Hevajratantra, Vajrayogini, Shmashana, Candaliyoga, Utkrantiyoga, Shmashanayoga, Kundalini Yoga, Utkranti, Kundalini, gtum mo, Huan xi fu, Yogatantra, Mi xu, Da shou yin, Hevajra.
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Search found 8 books and stories containing Anuttarayogatantra, Anuttara-yogatantra, Anuttarayoga-tantra; (plurals include: Anuttarayogatantras, yogatantras, tantras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Kailash: Journal of Himalayan Studies
Part 1 - The Pitha Tradition in India and its Beginnings in Tibet < [Tantric Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites in Tibet]
Introduction to the Tantric Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites in Tibet < [Tantric Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites in Tibet]
Vie et chants de 'Brug-pa Kun-legs Le Yogin: A Review < [Volume 1, Number 1 (1973)]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 1.1 (Commentary) < [Chapter 1 (text and commentary)]
Text 3.15 (Commentary) < [Chapter 3 (text and commentary)]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
1.2. Union of Sunyata and Bodhicitta < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
Theravada Buddhist studies in Japan (by Keiko Soda)
7. The Secret Teaching (= Tantric Buddhism) < [Chapter 3 - Theravada and Mahayana (comparison and contrast)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 16b - 'Jam dbyangs mgon po < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 29 - Sonam Gyatso (vii): Labors for the doctrine < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 2 - Guhyasamāja-tantra system of Noble Nāgārjuna < [Book 7 - The preaching of the Tantras]
On the use of Human remains in Tibetan ritual objects (by Ayesha Fuentes)
Conclusion: Skulls and charnel ornaments in Tibetan sources < [Chapter 2 - The use of skulls and bone ornaments]
Charnel materials in the Saṃvara tradition < [Chapter 2 - The use of skulls and bone ornaments]
Kāpālika implements in the formalization of Buddhist Mahāyoga Tantra < [Chapter 2 - The use of skulls and bone ornaments]