Prabhasvarata, Prabhāsvaratā: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: WikiPedia: VajrayanaPrabhāsvaratā (प्रभास्वरता) [=prabhāsvara] (Tibetan: འོད་གསལ་, ösel, Wylie: od gsal) refers to the “Yoga of clear light, radiance or luminosity” and represents one of Nāropa’s Six Dharmas (ṣaḍdharma) in Tibetan Buddhist Tantric practices .—Luminosity, radiance or clear light (prabhāsvaratā) refers to the clear radiant nature the mind, which is associated with Buddha-nature. It is said to be experienced during various events in one's life, such as orgasm, sleep, dreaming and in the dying - rebirth process.
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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