Vajrayāna

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Key Term	vajrayāna
Hover Popup Choices	diamond vehicle; Tantric Buddhism
In Tibetan Script	རྡོ་རྗེ་ཐེག་པ།
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	rdo rje theg pa
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	वज्रयान
Romanized Sanskrit	vajrayāna
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	dorje thekpa
Chinese Script	金剛乘
Chinese Pinyin	Jin'gangsheng
English Standard	diamond vehicle
Basic Meaning	The esoteric Buddhist tradition which developed as a syncretic system involving deity worship, use of mantras, physical energy and mystical practices.
Has the Sense of	An adamantine system for being based on the innate nature of reality and and using the state of Buddha as a way to actualise enlightenment.
Definitions

The esoteric Buddhist tradition which developed as a syncretic system involving deity worship, use of mantras, physical energy, and mystical practices. It is also known as the mantra tradition and the tantric school as a result of being based on texts known as tantras.

The esoteric Buddhist tradition which developed as a syncretic system involving deity worship, use of mantras, physical energy, and mystical practices. It is also known as the mantra tradition and the tantric school as a result of being based on texts known as tantras.