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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systemsbka' gdams gzhung drug (བཀའ་གདམས་གཞུང་དྲུག) in Tibetan refers to the “Six Kadam Texts”.—They are: Asaṅga’s Bodhisattva Stages, Maitreya’s Ornament of Mahayana Sutras, Śāntideva’s Compendium of Training, Śāntideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva, Āryaśūra’s Garland of Birth Stories, and the Collection of Uplifting Verses.
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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Full-text: Six kadam texts.
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