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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Rigpa Shedra: WikiThe Eight Earthly Abodes (in Sanskrit gocarya; Tibetan: sa spyod) form part of the Twenty-four Great Sacred Places (Tibetan: gnas chen nyer bzhi) according to the Cakrasaṃvaratantra (Chakrasamvara Tantra). In the Nyingma tradition, Jigme Lingpa's Yumka Dechen Gyalmo has incorporated this enumeration. Furthermore, Jigme Lingpa says that “as regards these places, they are entirely present internally, within our own body”.
The Eight Earthly Abodes are thus defined as follows:
- the throat is Lampāka,
- the underarms and kidneys are Kāmarūpa,
- the two breasts are Oḍra,
- the navel is Triśakuni,
- the nose-tip is Kośala,
- the palate is Kaliṅga,
- the heart is both Kāñcī and
- Himālaya (Himavat).
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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