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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nampar nonpe shekpe pel in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beings

Nampar nönpé shekpé pel is the Tibetan name for (the Sanskrit) վԳٲ峾ī—one of the �Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas� (Tibetan: ltung bshags kyi sangs rgyas so lnga) according to various sources in Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism such as the Triskandhadharma-Sutra and the Ratnakuta-Sutra.—These texts describe the practice of purification by confession and making prostrations to these Buddhas [e.g., nampar nönpé shekpé pel] while incorporating visualization techniques using a variety of iconographic depictions. The purpose of such practice is to purify negative karma.

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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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