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Vajrayana

About Vajrayana

Vajrayana is the esoteric and transformative stream of Buddhism that uses mantra, visualization, ritual, deity yoga, and guru-disciple transmission as skillful means to accelerate the path to awakening. Rooted in Mahayana compassion and wisdom, Vajrayana teaches that even ordinary experience can be transformed into the path when approached with proper initiation, discipline, and insight.

Sacred Texts

Kangyur — The Tibetan Buddhist canon containing the translated words of the Buddha

Kangyur

The Tibetan Buddhist canon containing the translated words of the Buddha

Tengyur — The Tibetan Buddhist canon of commentaries and scholastic treatises

Tengyur

The Tibetan Buddhist canon of commentaries and scholastic treatises

Tibetan Book of the Dead — A Tibetan Buddhist guide to death, the intermediate states, and liberation

Tibetan Book of the Dead

A Tibetan Buddhist guide to death, the intermediate states, and liberation

Guides

Vajrayana — The tantric Buddhist path of transformation, mantra, and enlightened skillful means

Vajrayana

The tantric Buddhist path of transformation, mantra, and enlightened skillful means

Gurus

Padmasambhava — Guru Rinpoche: the Lotus-Born master of Vajrayana transformation, devotion, and awakened presence

Padmasambhava

Guru Rinpoche: the Lotus-Born master of Vajrayana transformation, devotion, and awakened presence