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'''Tantrayana''' [Skt.] - otherwise known as Mantrayana or the [[Vajrayana]]. It is the ‘Fruitional’ or ‘Resultant Vehicle’, because the path is no longer based on establishing the cause, but identifying directly with the fruition. Tantra begins with the view that the final attainment or result has been within the mind from the very beginning, but has been obscured by [[ignorance]] and adventitious [[defilements]]. Both sutra and tantra share the same ultimate goal of [[enlightenment]]. The greatest difference between them lies in the methods employed.
'''Tantrayana''' (Skt. ''tantrayāna'') - otherwise known as Mantrayana or the [[Vajrayana]]. It is the ‘Fruitional’ or ‘Resultant Vehicle’, because the path is no longer based on establishing the cause, but identifying directly with the fruition. Tantra begins with the view that the final attainment or result has been within the mind from the very beginning, but has been obscured by [[ignorance]] and [[adventitious stains|adventitious defilements]]. Both [[sutra]] and [[tantra]] share the same ultimate goal of [[enlightenment]]. The greatest difference between them lies in the methods employed.


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Revision as of 16:16, 30 September 2008

Tantrayana (Skt. tantrayāna) - otherwise known as Mantrayana or the Vajrayana. It is the ‘Fruitional’ or ‘Resultant Vehicle’, because the path is no longer based on establishing the cause, but identifying directly with the fruition. Tantra begins with the view that the final attainment or result has been within the mind from the very beginning, but has been obscured by ignorance and adventitious defilements. Both sutra and tantra share the same ultimate goal of enlightenment. The greatest difference between them lies in the methods employed.