This page groups esoteric texts by the wider tradition their translation and study belong to. Wikipedia notes that "following their translation into Latin by Ficino and Lazzarelli, the Corpus Hermeticum greatly influenced the Western esoteric tradition." Browsing by text family lets a visitor find every text that shaped the same later tradition.
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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.
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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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