Vajrayana
Vajrayāna (Sanscritice वज्रयान), etiam Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Buddhismus Tibetanus, Buddhismus Tantricus, et Buddhismus Esotericus appellata, est copia variarum Buddhismi traditionum tantrá mantrisque secretis fundatarum, quae, in India mediaevali ortae, plerumque in Tibetum, Bhutaniam, Asiamque Orientalem serpserunt. Tantra Buddhistica in Tibeto Vajrayāna, in Sinis Tángmì Hanmi 漢密  (唐密 'Esotericismus Sinicus') vel Mìzōng (密宗 'Secta Esoterica'), in Pali Pyitsayãna, atque in Iaponia Mikkyō (密教 'doctrina secreta') appellatur.

Vocabulum vajrayāna in 'vehiculum adamantis' vel 'vehiculum fulminis' in Latinum converti potest, vajram attingens, rem ritualem, in memoriam teli mythici redigentem, virgulae sceptrive similem, quae etiam instrumentum ritibus adhibetur.

Vajrayāna, a Mahāsiddhis Indiae mediaevalis condita, litteras Tantras Buddhisticas appellatas sibi assumit. Mores exercitationesque amplectitur quae mantris, dharanis, mudris, mandalis, et deitatibus Buddhisque mente ante oculos allatis utuntur. Secundum scripturas antiquas, vocabulum vajrayāna unum ex tribus vehiculis vel vias ad humanitatem attingit, quarum aliae Śrāvakayāna (ineleganter Hīnayāna appellata) et Mahāyāna sunt.

 

Buddhismus in Nepalia
Buddhismus Tibetanus
Ioga
Nirvana (Buddhismus)
Philosophia Buddhistica
Sivaismus

Notae

Bibliographia
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Berzin, Alexander. 2002. Zwischen Freiheit und Unterwerfung: Chancen und Gefahren spiritueller Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehungen. März: Theseus Verlag. ISBN 3-89620-179-4.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 {{Citation | last =Patrul Rinpoche | editor1 = Brown, Kerry | editor2 =Sharma, Sima | year =1994 | title =The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Tibetan title: kunzang lama'i shelung). Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. With a foreword by the Dalai Lama | place = Franciscopoli Californiae | publisher =HarperCollinsPublishers | isbn =978-0-06-066449-7 }}
 
Sarkar, Anil Kumar. 1993. The mysteries of Vajrayana Buddhism: from Atisha to Dalai Lama. Dellii: South Asian Publishers; Hayward Californiae: Distributed in the United States by Sarkar Publications & Intercultural Research Institute. ISBN 817003163X.
 
 
 
 

Bibliotheca addita
Arnold, Edward A., pro Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies. 2009. As Long As Space Endures: Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in Honor of H.H. the Dalai Lama. Praefatio Robert A. F. Thurman. Snow Lion Publications.
Banerji, S. C. (1977) 1992. Tantra in Bengal: A Study of Its Origin, Development and Influence. Ed. secunda. ISBN 8185425639.
Chögyam, Ngakpa, cum Khandro Déchen. 2003. Spectrum of ecstasy: embracing the five wisdom emotions of Vajrayana Buddhism. Bostoniae et Londinii: Shambhala. ISBN 1590300610.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panchen, Ngari, et Dudjom Rinpoche. Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows. ISBN 0-86171-083-5.
Snellgrove, David L. 1987. Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors. Londinii: Serindia.
Tson-Kha-Pa. Tantric Ethics: An Explanation of the Precepts for Buddhist Vajrayana Practice. ISBN 0-86171-290-0.
Wedemeyer, Christian K., ed. et interpres. 2007. Āryadeva's Lamp that Integrates the Practices (Caryāmelāpakapradīpa): The Gradual Path of Vajrayāna Buddhism according to the Esoteric Community Noble Tradition.'' Novi Eboraci: AIBS/Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-9753734-5-3.

Nexus externi
"A Study of Traditional Vajrayana Buddhism of Nepal."
"Chinese Esoteric Buddhist School."

Religio Buddhistica
Philosophia Indica