Chakrasamvara Tantra

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Chakrasamvara Tantra (Skt. Cakrasaṃvara Tantra; Tib. འཁོར་ལོ་བདེ་མཆོག་གི་རྒྱུད་, khorlo demchok gi gyü, Wyl. ‘khor lo bde mchog gi rgyud) is an important tantra within Tibetan Buddhism.

This tantra is also known as:

  • Sriherukabhidhana (Discourse of Sri Heruka) and
  • Laghusamvara (Samvara Light)

David B. Gray dates this tantra to the late eighth or early ninth century.[1]

Within the Sarma tradition of Tibet, this text belongs to the Mother tantra class of Highest Yoga Tantra.

The main deity of this tantra is Chakrasamvara.

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Notes

  1. Gray, David B. The Cakrasamvara Tantra: Its History, Interpretation, and Practice in India and Tibet, Santa Clara University, Religion Compass 1/6 (2007): 695–710, http://vajrayana.faithweb.com/chakrasamvara-tantra%20its%20history.pdf


Further Reading

  • David B. Gray, The Cakrasamvara Tantra: A Study and Annotated Translation, American Institute of Buddhist Studies, 2007, ISBN 978-0975373460
  • Lama Kazi Dawa Samdrup, Śri Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, Adyita Prakashan, New Delhi, 1987
  • Ringu Tulku, The Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgön Kongtrul the Great (Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, 2006), pages 87-88.
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