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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Gallery
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Chakrasamvara, 18th-century painting, Rubin Museum of Art (New York)
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Chakrasamvara mandala, Nepalese painting from 1490
See also
- Chakrasamvara (the deity)
Notes
- ↑ 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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