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'''The Tantra of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa''' (Skt. ''Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantram'', Tib. ཁྲོ་བོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད་, [[Wyl.]] ''khro bo chen po'i rgyud'') is found in the [[Anuttarayoga Tantra]] section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] (Toh. 431). | '''The Tantra of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa''' (Skt. ''Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantram'', Tib. ཁྲོ་བོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད་, ''trowo chenpö gyü'', [[Wyl.]] ''khro bo chen po'i rgyud'') is found in the [[Anuttarayoga Tantra]] section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] (Toh. 431). | ||
Written around the tenth or the eleventh century C.E., this [[tantra]] represents the flowering of the [[Yoginītantra]] genre. It offers instructions on how to attain the wisdom state of Buddha [[Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa]] through the practice of the [[four joys]]. The [[tantra]] covers a range of practices and philosophical perspectives of late tantric Buddhism, including the [[development stage]], the [[completion stage]], the use of [[mantra]]s, and a number of magical rites and rituals. The text is quite unique with its tribute to and elevation of women. | Written around the tenth or the eleventh century C.E., this [[tantra]] represents the flowering of the [[Yoginītantra]] genre. It offers instructions on how to attain the wisdom state of Buddha [[Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa]] through the practice of the [[four joys]]. The [[tantra]] covers a range of practices and philosophical perspectives of late tantric Buddhism, including the [[development stage]], the [[completion stage]], the use of [[mantra]]s, and a number of magical rites and rituals. The text is quite unique with its tribute to and elevation of women. | ||
Revision as of 18:19, 16 January 2018
The Tantra of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa (Skt. Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantram, Tib. ཁྲོ་བོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད་, trowo chenpö gyü, Wyl. khro bo chen po'i rgyud) is found in the Anuttarayoga Tantra section of the Tibetan Kangyur (Toh. 431).
Written around the tenth or the eleventh century C.E., this tantra represents the flowering of the Yoginītantra genre. It offers instructions on how to attain the wisdom state of Buddha Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa through the practice of the four joys. The tantra covers a range of practices and philosophical perspectives of late tantric Buddhism, including the development stage, the completion stage, the use of mantras, and a number of magical rites and rituals. The text is quite unique with its tribute to and elevation of women.
