Vajrayana Buddhism
Diamond Vehicle tradition
Vajrayana Buddhism is a branch of Buddhism that developed in India and spread to Tibet, Mongolia, and parts of East Asia.
Distinguished from other Buddhist traditions by its use of tantric practices—rituals, mantras, visualizations, and esoteric teachings transmitted from teacher to student.
The name comes from *vajra*, a Sanskrit word for both thunderbolt and diamond, symbolizing indestructible truth.
Tibetan Buddhism is its most prominent form today.
She studied Vajrayana Buddhism under a Tibetan lama for many years.
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- meditationFocused attention practice
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- Tibetan BuddhismHimalayan tantric spiritual tradition
Tibet · visualization · mudra · prostrations · Bhutan · dharma · thangka · mandala · prayer wheel · lotus · lama · enlightenment · monastery · thunderbolt · bell · esoteric · initiation · Mongolia
Vajrayana Buddhismatheism
Rejection of deities
secular humanism · Sunni Islam · Orthodox Judaism · Catholicism · Sufism