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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � bde mchog lha lnga in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems

bde mchog lha lnga (བདེ་མཆོག་ལྷ་ལྔ) in Tibetan refers to the �Five Deities of Cakrasaṃvara�.—Accordingly, [while describing the history of the Shangpa Kagyü lineage]: The principal Shang Dharmas are: the initiations of each of the five classes of Tantras: Cakrasaṃvara, Hevajra, Mahāmāyā, Guhyasamāja, and Vajrabhairava; [...] the Dharma cycle of the gnosis protector; the five deities of Cakrasaṃvara [bde mchog lha lnga]; the secret practice of Vajravārahī; [...] and others. These are quite common in all philosophical systems.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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