“Guhyasamaja (Skt. Guhyasamāja; Tib. གསང་བ་འདུས་པ་, sangwa düpa, Wyl. gsang ba ‘dus pa) is a manifestation of Buddha Akshobhya.” (RgWik)
Tag: Buddhist Prayers and Mantras
Buddhist Prayers and Mantras – see also City of 10,000 Buddhas Recitation Handbook Buddhist Text (RH)
“The Guhyasamaja Tantra (Skt. Guhyasamāja-tantra; Tib. གསང་བ་འདུས་པ་, sangwa düpa, Wyl. gsang ba ‘dus pa) is the main Guhyasamaja tantra of the Desire Class of Father Tantras. According to the Blue Annals, it was first taught by Buddha Shakyamuni to King Indrabodhi of Oddiyana.” (RgWik)
Further Reading
- A Critical Study of the Guhyasamāja Tantra, Fremantle, Francesca, Ph.D. dissertation, University of London (1971).
- A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages
- Āryadeva’s Lamp that Integrates the Practices (Caryāmelāpakapradīpa): The Gradual Path of Vajrayāna Buddhism according to the Esoteric Community Noble Tradition, edited and translated by Christian K. Wedemeyer (New York: American Institute of Buddhist Studies/Columbia University Press, 2007), ISBN 978-0975373453
External Links
Sources:
City of 10,000 Buddhas Recitation Handbook Buddhist Text (RH)
Sources:
Śūraṅgama Sutra – Shurangama Buddhist Text
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. comm. Shurangama Sutra, 7 vols. Talmage, 1977-1981.
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. comm. The Shurangama Sutra, Volume 8: The Fifty Skandha-Demon States. Burlingame, 1996.
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. comm. The Shurangama Sutra: Great Strength Bodhisattva’s Perfect Penetration through Mindfulness of the Buddha. Burlingame, 1997.