Vajrayana is a branch of Buddhism. Vajrayana origined Mahayana from Northern India and Tibet and it is also called: “The lightning fast path to salvation.” Vajrayana Buddhism today is a mixture of Tantric Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. Vajrayana uses ritualistic and meditative forms of tantrism in order to more quickly obtain enlightenment and thus salvation or liberation from the cycle of rebirth. Gradually, vajrayana has developed as an independent system with its own scriptures, tantras, and it spread throughout most of the Buddhist world, but only to really take hold in Tibet and Mongolia and later in Japan and China.
The Sacred Books of the East is an enormous project undertaken by Max Müller and various authors from 1879 and 1910. The group’s work was published by Oxford University Press … Read more and download PDF
A Long Sadhana Vajrayogini – The diamond female yogi. In april 2011 I spend some time at the Tawang Monastary up between Bhutan and the border to Tibet. This is … Read more and download PDF
Praises to the Twenty-one Taras. Tara is a deity whom all the sects of Tibetan Buddhism has relied upon. Also the ancient Indian masters of the past, such as Atisha, … Read more and download PDF
The Harvard Oriental Series is an impressive book series. The editorial work began in 1891 and currently the 93rd volume, Ritual Speech in the Himalayas: Oral Texts and Their Contexts, was … Read more and download PDF
I just love this photo. At first glance it looks so wrong, however, it displays the joy and innocence of the Tibetan Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939-1987) while he tries to … Read more and download PDF
Oriental Philosophies. Through the centuries a rich spiritual import has trickled into the West by word of mouth, through the writings of scholars, through translations and caravans. Philosophies older than … Read more and download PDF
Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, published in 1907, is a historical description of Buddhism, and how the religion has organized itself into many branches. It is said … Read more and download PDF
Buddhas 16 Prophecies – the prophecies of King Pasendikosol’s dreams by Lord Buddha. Gautama Buddha was never much of a showman. He despised spiritual charlatans, spiritists, fortune tellers and the … Read more and download PDF
An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism is divided into two great schools, Mahayana and Hinayana. Both systems originated in India, but since the former predominates in China, Japan, Nepal, Japan, … Read more and download PDF