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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsrta mgrin (嘟⑧緹嗉嬥綐嘟傕静嘟侧綋) is the Tibetan name for (the Sanskrit) 贬补测补驳谤墨惫补鈥攐ne 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.鈥擳hey feature in Tantric teachings and practices which focus on purifying elements of the body and mind. These deities [e.g., rta mgrin] form part part of the the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities who manifest to a deceased person following the dissolution of the body and consciousness whilst they are in the intermediate state (bardo) between death and rebirth.
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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Partial matches: Rita.
Full-text: pad ma gsung rta mgrin, Hayagriva, Sgo ba yab bzhi, Dashakrodha, Eight transmitted precepts.
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Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature (by Anindita Adhikari)
贬补测补驳谤墨惫补 in Buddhism < [Chapter 6]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 4a.1 - Meditation on the protection circles < [B. The explanation of meditation practice]
The gods of northern Buddhism (by Alice Getty)
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
3. The texts of Mah膩yoga < [Introduction]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1 - The first lineage (brgyud pa dang po鈥檌 skabs) < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
Chapter 8 - Later Lineages (i): The monk of rog < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
Chapter 29 - Sonam Gyatso (vii): Labors for the doctrine < [Book 10 - The K膩lacakra]