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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsnyi ma (嘟夃讲嗉嬥綐) is another name for 厂奴谤测补鈥攐ne of the 鈥�Twenty-Five Kalkis鈥� (Tibetan: rigs ldan) as well as the 鈥�Thirty-two kings of Shambhala鈥�, according to the Tibetan oral recounting and written texts such as the Kalachakra Tantra (办腻濒补肠补办谤补迟补苍迟谤补), dealing with the Buddhist conception of the end of the world and time.鈥擳he Tibetan mythic land (the kingdom of Shambhala) is a parallel world invisible and inaccessible to common people which is closely related to the teaching about the Wheel of Time (dus 'khor). The seven Dharmarajas and twenty-five Kulikas [e.g., nyi ma] are the traditional rulers of Shambhala, passing on the reign from father to son.
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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Starts with: nyi ma grags.
Full-text (+83): nyi ma grags, 'od snang nyi ma, rigs ldan nyi ma grags, rigs ldan 'od snang nyi ma, Nyangral, Rigden Nyimadrag, Rigden wonang nyima, Surya, Suryakirti, Khetaka, Carman, phub, Phalaka, rtogs chen, chings, rig pa khu byug, Pramardaka, Sukhasadhana, Humsvara, Sukhasadhanatara.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 17.3 (Commentary) < [Chapter 17 (Text And Commentary)]
Text 21.2 (Commentary) < [Chapter 21 (Text And Commentary)]
Text 8.11-12 (Commentary) < [Chapter 8 (text and commentary)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - Spa tshab together with his lineage < [Book 6 - The Origin of the M膩dhyamika (middle way)]
Chapter 8 - Tangpoche (Monastery) < [Book 2 - Later spread of the Doctrine]
Chapter 7 - K膩lacakra lineage: Soman膩tha < [Book 10 - The K膩lacakra]
Tibet (Myth, Religion and History) (by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya)
1. What is Bon (the indigenous religion of Tibet)? < [Chapter 6 - Tonpa Shenrab Mibo and Bon Religion]
4. India as the source (of Tibetan script) < [Chapter 5 - Tibetan Language and Writing System]
5. Zhangzhung Script < [Chapter 2 - Zhangzhung Civilization]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 211 / Stanza 5 < [Khenpo Ch枚ga鈥檚 Oral Explanations]
Text Section 210 < [Khenpo Ch枚ga鈥檚 Oral Explanations]
Text Section 250 / Stanza 16 < [Khenpo Ch枚ga鈥檚 Oral Explanations]
The Silver Castle Revisited鈥擜 Few Notes < [Volume 70 (2009)]
Whence the Five Fingers? < [Volume 79 (2018)]
A Lahu Nyi (red Lahu) rite of divorce: A Lahu text with ethnographic notes < [Volume 37 (1976)]
Archives of Social Sciences of Religions
The 9th Panchen Lama (1883-1937): Sino-Tibetan Relations at Stake < [Volume 131-132 (2005)]
Buffetrille (Katia): Pilgrims, Lamas, and Visionaries in Tibetan Pilgrimages < [Volume 114 (2001)]
Chos Rgyal and Lha Chen: Religious Dimensions of Kingship in Zanskar < [Volume 99 (1997)]