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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Sarvasarvaka (सर्वसर्वक) refers to “every kind of meditation”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “[...] [This is] a visualization of the very terrifying one [who] resides on a corpse; [he] brings benefits to the world. [A practitioner] should take recourse in every kind of meditation (sarvasarvaka) instantly. [...]”.

Note: According to the Bohitā, the words sarvasarvaka [sarvasarvakam] or “every kind of” indicate the Triple Samādhi (the First Yoga, the Supreme King of Maṇḍala, and the Supreme King of Action, dang po sbyor ba dang dkyil ’khor rgyal po mchog dang las rgyal po mchog), the Bindu Yoga (thig le’i rnal ’byor), and the Subtle Yoga (phra mo’i rnal ’byor). The First Yoga, the first of the Triple Samādhi, consists of the Service (bsnyen pa), Auxiliay Service (nye ba’i bsnyen pa), Perfect Realization (sgrub pa), and Great Perfect Realization (sgrub pa chen po). Obviously, Jayasena followed the Bohitā ’s instruction: the Triple Samādhi, the Bindu Yoga, and the Subtle Yoga constitute the whole structure of the Ratnapadmarāganidhi.

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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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Partial matches: Sharvaka, Sharva, Carva.

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