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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsbyang chub sems ma brgyad (嘟栢颈嘟勦紜嘟嗋酱嘟栢紜嘟︵胶嘟樴溅嗉嬥綐嗉嬥綎嘟⑧緬嗑编綉) refers to the 鈥渆ight female Bodhisattvas鈥� representing the consorts of the 鈥渆ight Bodhisattvas in the retinue of Buddha 艢膩kyamuni鈥� and forms part of the 鈥�Forty-two Peaceful Deities鈥� (Tibetan: zhi ba'i lha zhe gnyis) according to various sources such as the Guhyagarbha Tantra and the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
The eight female Bodhisattvas (byang chub sems ma brgyad) are:
- dri chab ma (Gandh膩, consort of Ma帽ju艣r墨),
- gar ma (N峁泃y膩, consort of Avalokite艣vara),
- glu ma (G墨t膩, consort of Vajrap膩峁噄),
- bdug spos ma (Dh奴p膩, consort of Maitreya),
- sgeg pa ma (L膩sy膩, consort of K峁tigarbha),
- phreng ba ma (M膩l膩, consort of 膧k膩艣agarbha),
- me tog ma (Pu峁膩, consort of Nivara峁嘺vi艣kambhin or Sarvanivara峁嘺vi艣kambhin),
- mar me ma (膧lok膩, consort of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva).
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鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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