Vajraśekhara Tantra

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The Vajraśekhara Tantra (T. rdo rje rtse mo), or "Vajra Peak Tantra", is an explanatory yoga tantra included in the Tibetan Kangyur; it is related to the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha.[1][2]

This text appears just following the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha in the Dergé Tengyur.[3]

Not to be confused with the Vajraśekhara Sūtra of the Chinese Canon, which is a translation of the first chapter of the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha.

Notes

  1. ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Vajraśekharasūtra.
  2. ↑ Weinberger, Stephen, Neal (2003). The Significance of Yoga Tantra and the Compendium of Principles within Tantric Buddhism in India and Tibet (PDF). Dissertation, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia. 
  3. ↑ See Toh 480 in The Yoga tantras, 84000 Collection

Sources

Further reading

  • Ryuichi Abe: The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1999 ISBN 0-231-11286-6