pad ma gsung rta mgrin: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
pad ma gsung rta mgrin (པད་མ་གསུང་རྟ་མགྲིན) (the “deity of speech ”) is known in Sanskrit as Hayagrīva; and represents one of the Eight Central Heruka deities of the Nyingma Mahāyoga scriptural tradition.—The details of these deities are found in the treasure collection discovered by Nyangrel Nyima Özer entitled the “Assembly of the Sugatas of the Eight Proclamations” (bka' brgyad bde gshegs 'dus pa; Buddhist Digital Resource Center: W22247).
pad ma gsung rta mgrin (པད་མ་གསུང་རྟ་མགྲིན) in Tibetan refers to the Sanskrit Hayagrīva—a cycle of teachings (associated with Nāgārjuna); and represent one of the “Eight Transmitted Precepts” [bka-brgyad] who are each represented by the “Eight Awareness-holders”.—These Eight Awareness-holders bestowed Tantras upon Nyangrel Nyima Özer—an important Nyingma tertön (a revealer of terma treasure texts in Tibetan Buddhism).—Hayagrīva is known in Tibetan as pad ma gsung rta mgrin.
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)
Partial matches: gsung, Rita, Pad, Ma.
Full-text: Hayagriva, Eight transmitted precepts.
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