Guhyagarbha tantra

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Guhyagarbha tantra Tibetan: རྒྱུད་གསང་བ་སྙིང་པོི་ Wylie: rgyud gsang ba snying po

The Guhyagarbha tantra (The Tantra of the Secret Quintessence) is the main tantra of Mahayoga. The Guhyagarbha (which is a Sanskrit word) tantra is also known as the Guhyakośa-tantra.

Higher tantras require an empowerment from a qualified Lama before they can be studied and practiced, and therefore, are not usually discussed publicly.

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• Tibetan Text
• Dorje, Gyurme, (1987) The Guhyagarbhatantra and its XIVth Century Commentary Phyogs-bcu mun-sel. PhD Thesis, SOAS, University of London (3 vols)
• Abrams, M. and Wilkinson, C. (Eds.), Matthieu Ricard (Trans). (2001). The *Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin [Electronic version]. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion.
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