Three inner tantras

The three inner tantras (Tib. ནང་གི་རྒྱུད་, nang gi gyü, Wyl. nang gi rgyud) are, in the context of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism:

1. the Mahayoga tantras,
2. the Anuyoga tantras and
3. the Atiyoga tantras.

Further Reading

• Jigme Lingpa, Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book Two, in Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche and Jigme Lingpa (Shambhala, 2013), pages 106-108.
• Tulku Thondup,
  • Masters of Meditation and Miracles, edited by Harold Talbott (Boston: Shambhala, 1999), pages 18-37.
  • The Practice of Dzogchen (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1989), pages 22-46.

Internal Links

• Three yanas of powerful transformative methods
• Three outer classes of tantra