This page groups esoteric texts by what kind of writing they actually are. Wikipedia notes that "the Corpus Hermeticum contains only a very small selection of extant Hermetic texts (texts attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, commonly known as Hermetica)." Browsing by literary form lets a visitor compare texts that share the same basic shape.
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Origins
Attributed Author / CompilerTerma 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 Overview
What Defines This GroupingVajrayana 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 Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 3 Learn More
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.
Philosophical treatise
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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
3. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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