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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: MañjuśrīnāmasaṃgītiVajrahāsa (वज्रहास) is one of the sixteen samādhi deities appearing in the Vajradhātu-mahāmaṇḍala, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī v5.32-35. The Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī (literally, ‘an explanation of the nāma-mantras’) is a commentary (ṭīkā) on the 8th century Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti.
Vajrahāsa is a name of Mañjuśrī (the embodiement of non-dual knowledge) and, together with other names, forms the core essence of the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti. The Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī provides the practitioner a sādhana (‘meditative practice’) to turn these names into mantras. These mantras are chanted for the benefit of all beings, and then placed and contemplated in the Vajradhātu-mahāmaṇḍala, which is an extended version of the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala.
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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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1a - Eary Translation Period Tantric Texts and Lineages < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 2b - The Lineage of the mdo < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Tibetan Manuscripts on Mandala and Mudra in Copenhagen Library < [Volume 23 (1958)]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Introduction 3.2.2: The Sequence of the actual Foundation of Empowerment < [Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)
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