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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Forty-two Peaceful Deities are known in Tibetan as (1) zhi lha zhe gnyis or (2) zhi ba'i lha zhe gnyis.
- Samantabhadra (buddha),
- 厂补尘补迟补产丑补诲谤墨,
- Vairocana,
- 础办峁产丑测补,
- Ratnasambhava,
- 础尘颈迟腻产丑补,
- Amoghasiddhi,
- 膧办腻艣补诲丑腻迟惫墨艣惫补谤墨,
- 叠耻诲诲丑补濒辞肠补苍腻,
- 惭腻尘补办墨,
- 笔补峁囜笉补谤补惫腻蝉颈苍墨,
- 厂补尘补测补迟腻谤腻,
- 碍峁迟颈驳补谤产丑补,
- 痴补箩谤补辫腻峁噄,
- 膧办腻艣补驳补谤产丑补,
- 础惫补濒辞办颈迟别艣惫补谤补,
- 尝腻蝉测腻,
- 惭腻濒测腻,
- 骋墨迟腻,
- 狈补谤迟墨,
- Maitreya,
- 狈颈惫补谤补峁嘺惫颈艣办补尘产丑颈苍,
- Samantabhadra (bodhisattva),
- 惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨,
- 顿丑奴辫腻,
- 笔耻峁腻,
- 膧濒辞办腻,
- 骋补苍诲丑腻,
- 础尘峁泃补办耻峁囜笉补濒颈苍,
- 贬补测补驳谤墨惫补,
- 惭补丑腻产补濒补,
- 驰补尘腻苍迟补办补,
- 础峁卥耻艣腻,
- 笔腻艣腻,
- 厂辫丑辞峁�,
- 骋丑补峁囜弓腻,
- 惭耻苍墨苍诲谤补,
- Vemacitra,
- 艢腻办测补尘耻苍颈,
- 厂颈峁僪补,
- 闯惫腻濒补尘耻办丑补,
- 驰补尘补谤腻箩补,
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
: Encyclopedia of Buddhism: GlossaryThe forty-two Peaceful Deities belong to the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities, and feature in several practices and cycles of teachings, most notably the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Guhyagarbha Tantra.
The forty-two Peaceful Deities are:
- Samantabhadra (buddha),
- 厂补尘补迟补产丑补诲谤墨,
- Vairocana,
- 础办峁产丑测补,
- Ratnasambhava,
- 础尘颈迟腻产丑补,
- Amoghasiddhi,
- Dh膩tv墨艣var墨 (or Vajradh膩tv墨艣var墨)
- 叠耻诲诲丑补濒辞肠补苍腻
- 惭腻尘补办墨
- 笔补峁囜笉补谤补惫腻蝉颈苍墨
- 厂补尘补测补迟腻谤腻
- 惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨
- 础惫补濒辞办颈迟别艣惫补谤补
- 痴补箩谤补辫腻峁噄
- Maitreya
- 碍峁迟颈驳补谤产丑补
- 膧办腻艣补驳补谤产丑补
- 厂补谤惫补苍颈惫补谤补峁嘺惫颈艣办补尘产丑颈苍
- Samantabhadra
- 尝腻蝉测腻
- 惭腻濒腻
- 骋墨迟腻
- 狈峁泃测腻
- 笔耻峁腻
- 顿丑奴辫腻
- 膧濒辞办腻
- 骋补苍诲丑腻
- 碍补耻艣颈办补
- Vemacitra
- 艢腻办测补尘耻苍颈
- Shravasingha (or Dhruvasi峁僪a, Si峁僪apradyota)
- 闯惫腻濒腻尘耻办丑补诲别惫补
- 顿丑补谤尘补谤腻箩补
- Acala
- 驰补尘腻苍迟补办补
- 贬补测补驳谤墨惫补
- 础尘峁泃补办耻峁囜笉补濒墨
- 础峁卥耻艣腻
- 笔腻艣腻
- 艢峁涐箙办丑补濒腻
- 骋丑补峁噒腻
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Peaceful, Deity.
Full-text (+192): Zhi lha zhe gnyis, Zhi ba'i lha zhe gnyis, Mahabodhisattva, Tubpa druk, Ashtabodhisattva, Gowa yab shyi, Mahopaputra, Upaputra, Chope lhamo gye, Nyewe se gye, Vajrakula, Ratnakula, Padmakula, Ashtamahopaputra, Rin chen rigs, Pad ma'i rigs, Las kyi rigs, Nye ba'i sras chen brgyad, Go ma shyi, Tathagatakula.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 15.31 (Commentary) < [Chapter 15 (Text and Commentary)]
Introduction 2: (The Essence, Classification and Purpose of Syllables) < [Chapter 4 (text and commentary)]
10a. The Zur family (Introduction) < [Introduction]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 3d.2e - The perfect retinue < [B. The explanation of the kayas and wisdoms]