Guhyasamājatantra 佛說一切如來金剛三業最上祕密大教王經

Translated by Dānapāla

Colophon

第 18 冊 No. 885 佛說一切如來金剛三業最上祕密大教王經 宋 施護譯 共 7 卷
Volume 18, No. 885, Fo Shuo Yiqie Rulai Jingang San Ye Zuishang Mimi Da Jiao Wang Jing, Guhyasamājatantra, Translated by Dānapāla in the Song in 7 scrolls

Summary

Literally meaning “Secret Assembly Tantra,” the Guhyasamājatantra is an important tantra in esoteric Buddhism, known as the “king of tantras” in Tibetan practice. It has an overt sexual nature.

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 1002 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 1418')

English translation

None

Primary Source

Dānapāla, 《佛說一切如來金剛三業最上祕密大教王經》 'guhyasamājatantra,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 18, No. 885, Accessed 2016-09-29, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T18n0885.

References

  1. BL, s.v. ''Guhyasamājatantra', pp. 334-335.
  2. Giebel, 2011, pp. 27-36.
  3. Lancaster 2004, 'K 1418'.
  4. Powell 2007, p. 286
  5. Wayman 1977.

Parallels

  1. Benoytosh Bhattacharyya 1967, Śrīguhyasamājatantram, Baroda, India, at Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon, University of the West, http://www.dsbcproject.org/canon-text/book/723, accessed 201-02-28. From Sanskrit.
  2. dpal gsang ba 'dus pa'i rgyud kyi rgyud 'grel zhes bya ba, BDRC, at http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/WA0RT0648, accessed 201-02-28. Tibetan version.

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