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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beings

1) Natshog Zug in Tibetan is another name for Viśvamūrti—one of the “Seven Dharma kings” (Tibetan: chos rgyal bdun) as well as the “Thirty-two kings of Shambhala”, according to the Tibetan oral recounting and written texts such as the Kalachakra Tantra (kālacakratantra), dealing with the Buddhist conception of the end of the world and time.—The Tibetan mythic land (the kingdom of Shambhala) is a parallel world invisible and inaccessible to common people which is closely related to the teaching about the Wheel of Time (dus 'khor). The seven Dharmarajas [e.g., natshog zug] and twenty-five Kulikas are the traditional rulers of Shambhala, passing on the reign from father to son.

2) Natshog Zug is also another name for Viśvarūpa—one of the “Twenty-Five Kalkis” (Tibetan: rigs ldan) as well as the “Thirty-two kings of Shambhala”.

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Natshog Zugchan, Natshog zugchen.

Ends with: Chogyal natshogzug.

Full-text: Vishvarupa, Rigden natshogzug, Citrarupa, Seven Dharmarajas, Vishvamurti, Chogyal natshogzug, Twenty-five Lineage Holders, Ankusha, Chagkyu, Pasha, Zhagpa, lcags kyu, zhags pa, Thirty-two kings of shambhala.

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