The term tantra refers to this intricately interwoven subject matter and the texts that discuss it. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 1 The Meaning of Tantra] Reference
The word tantra (rgyud) means an everlasting continuum. From Wordnik.com. [Basic Features of Tantra] Reference
The root of the word tantra means to stretch or to continue without a break. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 1 The Meaning of Tantra] Reference
The Sanskrit word tantra means the warp of a loom or the strands of a braid. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 1 The Meaning of Tantra] Reference
The Sanskrit word tantra comes from the same root that gives us the words 'intend', 'attend' and 'stretch'. From Wordnik.com. [Claire Missingham: Meditations on Real Life] Reference
The word tantra means an everlasting continuum. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials for Taking a Kalachakra Initiation] Reference
The word tantra means an "everlasting continuum.". From Wordnik.com. [Explanatory Talks at the Rikon Kalachakra Initiation 1985 ��� Day One] Reference
What teacher taught what tantra, when and where was he dwelling?. From Wordnik.com. [Kalachakra Initiations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama] Reference
The tradition of oral transmission is not limited to tantra material. From Wordnik.com. [Basic Features of Tantra] Reference
Guhyasamaja tantra states that Buddhahood is not owned by someone else. From Wordnik.com. [Shantideva's Compendium of Precepts (Laptu) and A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Chod-jug] Reference
In tantra, on the other hand, we first dissolve all ordinary appearances. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
And the great bliss that is achieved through the Resultant Means (tantra). From Wordnik.com. [Speech to the Second Gelug Conference] Reference
In tantra practice, we make another transformation concerning the offerings. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to Buddhist Sexual Ethics: Having Sex with Someone Else's Partner] Reference
When tantra commentaries state that the mind understanding voidness appears as a. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
The four classes of tantra were taught with these four types of disciples in mind. From Wordnik.com. [Kalachakra Initiations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama] Reference
Berzin: So it is better for them to start studying more general anuttarayoga tantra. From Wordnik.com. [Question Sessions with H. H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Concerning the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 4 Advice for Keeping the Vows and Beginning Kalachakra Practice] Reference
Thus, voidness nonconceptually realized in bodhisattva sutra and tantra is the same. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 9 Non-Gelug Variations Concerning General Anuttarayoga] Reference
I think among anuttarayoga tantra texts, Guhyasamaja is the most extensive, isn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [Question Sessions with H. H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Concerning the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 4 Advice for Keeping the Vows and Beginning Kalachakra Practice] Reference
These five are a topic discussed primarily in the highest class of tantra, anuttarayoga. From Wordnik.com. [Developing Balanced Sensitivity: Practical Buddhist Exercises for Daily Life (Revised Second Edition) ��� 10 Applying the Five Types of Deep Awareness] Reference
This is the general meaning of the instruction, shared by sutra and tantra practitioners. From Wordnik.com. [Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship ��� 12 Advanced Points concerning Seeing That a Tantric Master Is a Buddha] Reference
We can discuss this on several levels, depending on the tantra class and specific tantra. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
The man conferred all the initiations, tantra commentaries, and oral instructions on Cilu. From Wordnik.com. [Kalachakra Initiations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama] Reference
The Seventh Dalai Lama was a great scholar and wrote many books, especially on the tantra. From Wordnik.com. [The Dalai Lamas] Reference
After he had appointed his son Sureshvara as King and teacher of the tantra, he passed away. From Wordnik.com. [Kalachakra Initiations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama] Reference
Mother tantra emphasizes methods for gaining the subtlest nonconceptual cognition of voidness. From Wordnik.com. [Basic Features of Tantra] Reference
For example, highest tantra texts instruct disciples to see their tantric masters in pure forms. From Wordnik.com. [Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship ��� 12 Advanced Points concerning Seeing That a Tantric Master Is a Buddha] Reference
Anuttarayoga tantra analyzes three levels of mental activity (mind): gross, subtle, and subtlest. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
The next reason why tantra is faster than sutra is that the basis for voidness it uses is special. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
Check out tantra. com Premium for the most comprehensive tantra training available on the Internet!. From Wordnik.com. [Valentines: On The Importance Of Sensate Focus On Awareness (Video)] Reference
The attainment of clear light cognition of the two truths is the exclusive domain of anuttarayoga tantra. From Wordnik.com. [Cognition of the Two Truths in the Gelug Sautrantika, Chittamatra, Svatantrika, and Prasangika Systems] Reference
This level of mahamudra meditation is, in fact, the quintessential practice of this highest class of tantra. From Wordnik.com. [The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� 2 The Tantra and Sutra Traditions of Mahamudra] Reference
Trying to practice tantra with any of these prerequisites missing may lead to serious mistakes and problems. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials for Taking a Kalachakra Initiation] Reference
Berzin: This feeling of richness is similar to what comes in tantra practice when we consecrate the offerings. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to Buddhist Sexual Ethics: Having Sex with Someone Else's Partner] Reference
We can think of all the different types of Buddhas in terms of the sutra presentation or the tantra presentation. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of The Foundation for Good Qualities ��� Session Two: Further Points Concerning a Precious Human Rebirth, and Death and Impermanence] Reference
To accomplish this aim, tantra takes as method not only conventional bodhichitta, but also having the body of a Buddha-figure. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
We may also aim to learn about tantra during the empowerment, with the intention to engage in it in the future when we are prepared. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials for Taking a Kalachakra Initiation] Reference
In tantra, on the other hand, we imagine giving the best things possible and we feel that they bring purified pleasure to their recipients. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
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