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'''Six classes of tantra''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rgyud sde drug'') — in the [[Nyingma]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], the [[tantra]]s are divided into six classes: | '''Six classes of tantra''' ([Tib. རྒྱུད་སྡེ་དྲུག, ''gyüdé druk'', [Wyl.]] ''rgyud sde drug'') — in the [[Nyingma]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], the [[tantra]]s are divided into six classes: | ||
*the [[three outer classes of tantra]] (which are common to both the [[Sarma]] and Nyingma schools): | *the [[three outer classes of tantra]] (which are common to both the [[Sarma]] and Nyingma schools): | ||
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Six classes of tantra ([Tib. རྒྱུད་སྡེ་དྲུག, gyüdé druk, [Wyl.]] rgyud sde drug) — in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, the tantras are divided into six classes:
- the three outer classes of tantra (which are common to both the Sarma and Nyingma schools):
- 1. the kriya tantra,
- 2. the charya tantra and
- 3. the yoga tantra.
and
- the three inner classes of tantra (which are specific to the Nyingma school):
Internal Links
- The four classes of tantra of the Sarma schools
Further Reading
- Tulku Thondup, The Practice of Dzogchen (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1989), pages 10-46.