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'''Four noble truths''' ([['phags pa'i bden pa bzhi]]).  
'''Secret Mantra''' ([[gsang sngags]]), Skt. [[guhyamantra]]. Synonymous with [[Vajrayana]] or tantric teachings.  


The four truths are the truth of suffering, of origin, of the cessation, and of the path.  
*'Guhya' means secret, both concealed and self-secret. 'Mantra' in this context means eminent, excellent, or praiseworthy. [RY]


*The truth of suffering refers to the world and the beings.
Secret Mantra ([[gsang sngags]])
*The truth of origin refers to karmic actions and disturbing emotions.
*One of the three types of mantra, along with mantras of retention ([[dharani]]) and gnostic mantras ([[vidyamantra]]). The term "secret mantra" (Skt. [[guhya mantra]]) specifically refers to the three inner classes of tantra ([[Mahayoga]], [[Anuyoga]] and [[Atiyoga]]). See also under [[mantra]]. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
*The truth of cessation is state of having relinquished both the karmas and disturbing emotions along with their effects.
*The truth of the path is the paths and levels of Buddhism, the ultimate solution to suffering.  
 
The truth of suffering is like a sickness, the truth of origin is the cause of the sickness, the truth of cessation is like having recovered from the sickness, and the truth of the path is like following a cure for the sickness. ''These four truths can be understood in increasingly deeper ways as the practitioner progresses through the [[nine vehicles]]''. ([[RY]])
 
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Latest revision as of 00:37, 17 May 2008

Secret Mantra (gsang sngags), Skt. guhyamantra. Synonymous with Vajrayana or tantric teachings.

  • 'Guhya' means secret, both concealed and self-secret. 'Mantra' in this context means eminent, excellent, or praiseworthy. [RY]

Secret Mantra (gsang sngags)