Tibetan Buddhism,Origin of Tantric Buddhism?

Secret Mahayana Buddhism, also known as Tantra Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana, is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism, for the mainstream of Buddhism in India in the late period. This lineage of Buddhism is characterized by secret teachings that are not allowed to be made public and are full of mystical content, and is therefore also known as Tantric Buddhism; whereas, in contrast to Tantric Buddhism, the previous schools of Buddhism, including Mahayana and Hinayana, are known as Hinayana Buddhism. It is also called Tantra because many of its rituals and mantras are very similar to those of Hinduism. Therefore, scholars believe that the rise of Secret Mahayana Buddhism is closely related to the revival of Hinduism. Interpretation Tantra (怛特羅), the name of Tantra, replaces the original Shudra (修多羅), which is translated as "sutra". Tantra is a category of Hindu texts that are taught in secret between masters and disciples. Secret Mahayana has also adopted this term, but in Chinese, it is still translated as "sutra" or "teaching". According to the content of the secret teachings, Chinese Buddhism is divided into three sections, the Miscellaneous Tantras, the Fetal World, and the Vajrayana World. On the other hand, according to Master Tsongkhapa's Tantric Path, Tibetan Buddhism is divided into four sections: 1. The three divisions of the Han tradition are comparable to the first three divisions of the Tibetan tradition: the Miscellaneous Tantras, which are equivalent to the Matter Continuum; the Tirthankara Realm, which is equivalent to the Lineage Continuum; and the Vajrayana Realm, which is equivalent to the Yoga Continuum. Under the Supreme Yoga Sutra, it is divided into the Parent Sutra and the Mother Sutra (also divided into the Parent Sutra, Mother Sutra, and Non-Dual Sutra), which are mainly circulated in India and *** regions, but a few of the classics have been introduced to China as well. The Parent Sutra contains the "Intensive", "Yama Mandala", and the "Supreme Mirage Net". The seven-volume Sutra of the Supreme Secret Sutra of the Three Karmas of the Vajra of All Buddha translated by Shih Ch'iu of the Song Dynasty belongs to the Intensive division; and the five-volume Sutra of the Great King of the Yoga Sutras translated by Fa Hsien belongs to the Supreme Illusionary Net division. The Mother Sutra includes several subsections, such as the Wheel of Time, Shenglei, Himalayan Vajra, and the Illusionary Throne Seat. [edit] Origin and development [edit] Indian Tantra According to the Tangmi legend, Tantra was first inherited from the Bodhisattva Longshu in India, but there is still controversy in the academic world as to whether this Longshu was really a person, and if so, whether he was the same person as the author of the Zhongdan (Middle Treatise). Regarding the inheritance of Tantric Buddhism, some people have also attributed the origin to Megane, one of the ten major disciples of the Buddha (see Lv Jianfu's History of Tantric Buddhism in China), but this argument has not been generally accepted. Analyzing the information available now, Tantra emerged in the 7th century in East India during the period of the Polo Dynasty, represented by the formation of the Maha-Vairocana Sutra on the Divine Transformation of Buddhahood | Dainichi Sutra, etc., and centered on the Nalanda Monastery, the Odan Dovri Monastery, the Chaoyan Monastery and other temples, each of which developed its own activities. Among them, the early Tantra was introduced to China to form the Tang Tantra through the three great masters of Kaiyuan and others, and in turn was introduced to Japan (details to follow). The middle and late Tantra, represented by the Secret ***, Himalayan Vajra, and Wheel of Time Vajra, entered mainly into the ***. It should be noted, however, that Chinese Buddhism has also been influenced by Supreme Yoga, as Bukong translated the Secret ***, and a large number of Supreme Yoga classics were translated in the Song Dynasty, but for various reasons, middle- and late-period Tantra was not developed in Chinese Buddhism. Similarly, Tibetan Buddhism was also exposed to the content of early Tantra, but it was considered to be a lower level of Yoga and Yoga of Doing, and was not highly emphasized in the teachings. [edit] Chinese Buddhism Before the formation of systematic Tantric Buddhism, a number of tantric teachings known as "Miscellaneous Tantras" had already been introduced into China, the earliest of which can be found in the translations of the Modengha Sutra by Zhu Ruyan in the second year of the Huanglong reign of the Three Kingdoms of Wu (230 CE), and the Hwa Ja Dharani Mantra Sutra by Zhiqian, the Sutra of the Infinite Gateway of the Micro Tantric Holding Sutra. During the era of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in the 8th century A.D., the Indian monks Shan Wufei, Vajra Zhi, and Bukong came to China, and were known as the "Three Great Masters of Kaiyuan". The three Tantric masters, with the support of the Tang royal family, translated a large number of Tantric texts at the Daxingshansi Temple in Chang'an (located in present-day Xi'an City) to promote Tantric teachings, and established the Buddhist sect known as Tantric Buddhism, which is nowadays called Tang Tantric Buddhism, and is also known as Zhengyan Dharmakaya, Zhengyan Sect, Vajradhatu Sect, Viharayana Sect, and Khyentse Sect. Major Daoist sites include the Daxingxian Temple and Qinglong Temple in Chang'an and the Famen Temple in Fufeng County. Traditionally, the Dainichi Sutra of the Placental Realm, which was introduced by the Kaiyuan Sandaishis, and the Vajrayana Sutra of the Vajra Realm, which are collectively known as the Two Great Dharmas, are referred to as the "Pure Tantra", while the previously translated ones are called the "Miscellaneous Tantra". [edit] Buddhism in Japan Due to the close exchange between China and Japan in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Tantra was introduced to Japan by the Japanese Dharma Master Kōkai, who founded the Zhenyan Sect, which is also known as the Eastern Tantra because it originated from the Eastern Temple. There was also the Formosan Tantric Sect, which was created by the same period of time by the monk who studied in the Tang Dynasty, Master Cheng. The Eastern Tantric system was largely completed by Master Kōkai, while the Taiwanese Tantric system was created by Fazi Fazun, the son of Fazi, who continued to study in Tang. [edit] Tibetan Buddhism At the beginning of the seventh century, King Songtsen Gampo of *** was so powerful and eager for culture that he asked for marriage and cultural input from China and Nepal at the same time, and the power of Chinese and Indian cultures was finally won by India in the ***, and Buddhism was introduced into the *** at the same time, individually, from China and India. In the middle of the eighth century, the Benzite sect in the *** country once rose, and a wave of anti-Buddhism arose. After returning to India, Master Silkwood invited Master Lianhwa Sheng of Nalanda Monastery to Tibet and convinced him with his magical power, thus Tantric Buddhism was introduced to ***. The Tantra established by the *** from this point onwards is known as Tibetan Tantra because it is different from the Tang Tantra of the Han Dynasty, the Eastern Tantra and the Formosan Tantra of Japan, as well as the Indian Tantra *** There are many monks who have entered India to seek the Dharma or Indian monks who have entered Tibet in the course of history, to name but a few. Such as the beginning of the tenth century, *** Malba translator into India to seek the law, to the Indian Tantric master Naropa learned the tantric method back to Tibet, and widely spread, its students, including the famous Milarepa, and so on, later generations of this lineage is known as the inheritance of the White Church (Kagyu Ba).

Ashoka As many emperors did, he put all his treasure on the line and practiced other religions besides Buddhism, and it is said that he practiced Jainism in his later years. In short, many people have the same mentality as King Ashoka: bet on all the treasures and there is always a hit. Today, many Christians occasionally pray to the Buddha for help, and the principle is the same. However, even if one bets on all the treasures and wins, can the "payout" compensate for the cost? That is to say, if one is double-minded, will he or she offend the real God: this is another matter. In any case, Buddhism was at its peak in the South Asian subcontinent during the time of King Ashoka, and after the fall of the Peacock Dynasty, Brahminism emerged again. By this time, Brahminism had already reorganized and reformed itself considerably in response to Buddhism's onslaught, and it came back with such force that Buddhism had to give way. Since then, Buddhism has been declining in its "places of origin", but in Sri Lanka, China (*** also included), and Japan, it has been able to flourish, and is still strong today, and has developed Buddhist doctrines with their own local characteristics, such as the Hinayana Buddhism of Sri Lanka, the Zen Buddhism of China, the Tantric Buddhism of ***, and the Soka Gakkai of Japan, and so on. As for Jainism, which was also practiced by King Ashoka, it also originated from the time of Shamanshih, less than a hundred years before the time of the Buddha. Jainism has a very distant tradition. It is said that there were twenty-three Jainas, or spiritual masters, before Maharaja came into existence, and the first Jaina alone lived to be 8,400,000 years old, while Bhashvavananda was the ninth Jaina, born in the ninth century BCE. Rādhāmana, like Bhāshivānanda, was a prince, and the former's parents were devoted followers of Bhāshivānanda, and when they grew old, they voluntarily starved themselves to death in accordance with the rules of the Jaina religion in order to pursue liberation. After his parents died of starvation, Rādhārā?ī left his wife and daughter and practiced austerities in the nude. After twelve years and six and a half months of austerities, Rādhārā?ī finally attained enlightenment at the age of forty-two and became the Mahārāja, the twenty-fourth generation of Jainas, and the rent master of modern Jainism. Buddhism does not attack Brahminism, but Jainism considers Brahmins to be uneducated priests. "People are divided into Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, or Shudras, which is their own business." Jainism is much more radical than Buddhism, advocating equality for all people, and forbidding the killing of living beings and absolute vegetarianism, as well as the practice of agriculture, so as to avoid harming living creatures by mistake during cultivation. When they go out, they have to wear masks so as not to inhale insects. They also carry brooms in their hands and sweep the ground while walking so as not to trample on living creatures, and they have to persevere in austerities because this is the only way to train their souls. The white robe worn by Mahatma GANDHI in India is the dress of the Jain religion, and the man who, as reported by the media from time to time, stretched his hand up to show his respect for God and refused to put it down for 30 to 40 years is also a Jain. The teachings of Jainism are 90% similar to the teachings of Buddhism, which, as mentioned above, is a collection of Buddhist texts assembled on the Spirit Mountain. The first stage in the development of Buddhism was from the middle of the sixth century to the middle of the fourth century, when Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama and passed on to his disciples as primitive Buddhism, with the first collection of texts compiled shortly after the Buddha's demise. As a result of differences in doctrine and precepts within Buddhism, it split into many sects, which were later called the Eighteen Sections or the Twenty Sections, and are known as Sectarian Buddhism. Five hundred years after the demise of the Buddha, the second Ling Shan Gathering led to Mahayana Buddhism (formerly known as Hinayana); Hinayana means "boat", and Buddhism refers to life as a sea of suffering, from which one needs to "ride" to get to the other shore; Hinayana allows the practitioner to get liberated, whereas Mahayana not only liberates the individual, but also allows all sentient beings to ride on the boat to get to the other shore together, which is the biggest difference between the two; Mahayana has a stronger religious nature, with more specific religious practices, such as worshiping God, while Hinayana is more philosophical. Mahayana Buddhism is more religious, with more specific religious practices such as worship of gods, while Hinayana is more philosophical. In the first century or so, Mahayana Buddhism was divided into the School of the Middle Way and the School of Yoga, and after the seventh century, some of the Mahayana sects were mixed with Brahmanism to form Tantric Buddhism. Buddhism flowed outward from ancient India, and when it reached China, it had a profound influence on the local Chinese religion. The Chineseized Buddhism went through various stages and paths, and became Sinicized, Tibetanized, and Daiized, etc., and in other countries it also formed sects with their own national characteristics. In most parts of China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other countries, Mahayana Buddhism is the main Buddhism, and its classics mainly belong to the Chinese language system, while in *** China, Inner Mongolia and Siberia, it is *** Buddhism, commonly known as Lamaism, and its classics mainly belong to the Tibetan language system. The Buddhism introduced into Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and the Dai region of China is mainly Hinayana Buddhism, and the classics belong to the Pali system. In China alone, Buddhism was introduced in the Western Han Dynasty, developed in the Northern and Southern Dynasties of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and then flourished in the Tang Dynasty, with the development of the Pure Land Sect, the Dharma Sect, the Avatamsaka Sect, the Zen Sect and the Tantric Sect, and so on; and Taoism, which honors Lao Tzu as the master of the religion and uses Tao Te Ching as the main scripture (Taoism was later split into two sects in the Yuan Dynasty: the Zheng Yi Sect and the Quan Zhen Sect), which is full of the original terminology of Buddhism, so that both the doctrinal principles and the methods of cultivation can be traced to Buddhism, and therefore Taoism is considered another part of Buddhism. The first is that it is not a Buddhist religion, but it is a Buddhist religion, and the second is that it is not a Buddhist religion.

The Tantric Buddhism is a later development of Mahayana Buddhism in India. It was the Indian monks who brought Buddhism to the ***, and many of them were forced to move to the *** because of the invasion of Islam in India. Since then, Buddhism has been spreading and developing in ***.