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'''Sarvabuddhasamayoga''' (Skt. ''Sarvabuddhasamāyoga''; [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas thams cad dang mnyam par sbyor ba''), ''The Union with all the Buddhas'' within the [[Nyingma]] tradition is categorized as one of the [[Eighteen tantras of Mahayoga]].
'''Sarvabuddhasamayoga''' (Skt. ''Sarvabuddhasamāyoga''; [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas thams cad dang mnyam par sbyor ba''), ''The Union with all the Buddhas'' is categorized as one of the [[Eighteen tantras of Mahayoga]] within the [[Nyingma]] tradition.
Peter Szántó and Arlo Griffiths prepared an excellent overview Sarvabuddhasamayoga. Accordingly, their introduction states:  
Peter Szántó and Arlo Griffiths prepared an excellent overview Sarvabuddhasamayoga. Accordingly, their introduction states:  
:The Sarvabuddhasamāyogaḍākinījālaśaṃvara (henceforth Śaṃvara) is a significant transitional scripture between what later came to be viewed as the yogatantra and the yoginītantra (or yoganiruttara) classes; in modern scholarship, it is sometimes referred to as the “proto-yoginītantra”. Along with the Guhyasamājatantra, it bridges the gap between the type of esoteric Buddhism that by and large still operates within the realm of ritual purity and that of transgressive, antinomian esoteric revelation. The Śaṃvara was instrumental in introducing significant Śaiva elements into Buddhism, including the practice of enacting the pantheon in communal worship, the imagery of the cremation ground, and the almost the almost fully versified compositional style as opposed to mixed verse and prose. The text already existed in some form in the early 8th century.<ref>Peter-Daniel Szántó & Arlo Griffiths, "Sarvabuddhasamāyogaḍākinījālaśaṃvara", In Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Vol. I Literature and Languages, (Leiden: Brill, 2015), 370.</ref>
:The Sarvabuddhasamāyogaḍākinījālaśaṃvara (henceforth Śaṃvara) is a significant transitional scripture between what later came to be viewed as the yogatantra and the yoginītantra (or yoganiruttara) classes; in modern scholarship, it is sometimes referred to as the “proto-yoginītantra”. Along with the Guhyasamājatantra, it bridges the gap between the type of esoteric Buddhism that by and large still operates within the realm of ritual purity and that of transgressive, antinomian esoteric revelation. The Śaṃvara was instrumental in introducing significant Śaiva elements into Buddhism, including the practice of enacting the pantheon in communal worship, the imagery of the cremation ground, and the almost the almost fully versified compositional style as opposed to mixed verse and prose. The text already existed in some form in the early 8th century.<ref>Peter-Daniel Szántó & Arlo Griffiths, "Sarvabuddhasamāyogaḍākinījālaśaṃvara", In Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Vol. I Literature and Languages, (Leiden: Brill, 2015), 370.</ref>

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Sarvabuddhasamayoga (Skt. Sarvabuddhasamāyoga; Wyl. sangs rgyas thams cad dang mnyam par sbyor ba), The Union with all the Buddhas is categorized as one of the Eighteen tantras of Mahayoga within the Nyingma tradition. Peter Szántó and Arlo Griffiths prepared an excellent overview Sarvabuddhasamayoga. Accordingly, their introduction states:

The Sarvabuddhasamāyogaḍākinījālaśaṃvara (henceforth Śaṃvara) is a significant transitional scripture between what later came to be viewed as the yogatantra and the yoginītantra (or yoganiruttara) classes; in modern scholarship, it is sometimes referred to as the “proto-yoginītantra”. Along with the Guhyasamājatantra, it bridges the gap between the type of esoteric Buddhism that by and large still operates within the realm of ritual purity and that of transgressive, antinomian esoteric revelation. The Śaṃvara was instrumental in introducing significant Śaiva elements into Buddhism, including the practice of enacting the pantheon in communal worship, the imagery of the cremation ground, and the almost the almost fully versified compositional style as opposed to mixed verse and prose. The text already existed in some form in the early 8th century.[1]

Notes

  1. Peter-Daniel Szántó & Arlo Griffiths, "Sarvabuddhasamāyogaḍākinījālaśaṃvara", In Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Vol. I Literature and Languages, (Leiden: Brill, 2015), 370.

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