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This page groups esoteric texts by the language they were first written in. Wikipedia notes that "the Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of 17 Greek writings." Browsing by language lets a visitor find every text first written in the same tongue.

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Origins
Attributed Author / Compiler
Terma are ascribed to Padmasambhava in the eighth century and presented as concealed and later found; the texts as they survive are the work of their fourteenth-century and later discoverers. 2
Language
Tibetan 2
Overview
What Defines This Grouping
Vajrayana works of the Tibetan tantric literature, including terma or treasure texts: writings presented as concealed by an earlier master and recovered later by a named discoverer. Much of this material is initiatory and is transmitted only under empowerment. 2
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Esoteric Texts 1
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 3
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Tibetan Buddhist Esoteric Texts

This small group gathers an esoteric text of Tibetan Buddhism, a work of the Vajrayana tradition, whose tantric literature sets out advanced meditative and ritual practices, including the well-known guides to the states between death and rebirth.

The browser will find the work the atlas classes here. The entry describes its teaching and its place within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Hidden History of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Bryan J. Cuevas, Oxford University Press, 2003introductionView the Source
3. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
John Powers, Snow Lion Publications, 2007introductionView the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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