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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:

1. the kriya tantra,
2. the charya tantra and
3. the yoga tantra.

and

4. the Mahayoga tantras,
5. the Anuyoga tantras and
6. the Atiyoga tantras.

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Further Reading

  • Tulku Thondup, The Practice of Dzogchen (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1989), pages 10-46.