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'''Secret Mantra''' ([[gsang sngags]]), Skt. [[guhyamantra]]. Synonymous with Vajrayana or tantric teachings.
There is an amdo man who comes to a gompa and asks for the khenpo saying "kambu ka par yod ?
 
and the answer is, there is no peach, we are all apples (kushu)ha ha,
*'Guhya' means secret, both concealed and self-secret. 'Mantra' in this context means eminent, excellent, or praiseworthy. [RY]
 
Secret Mantra ([[gsang sngags]])
*One of the three types of mantra, along with mantras of retention ([[dhāraṇī]]) and gnostic mantras ([[vidyāmantra]]). The term "secret mantra" (Skt. [[guhya mantra]]) specifically refers to the three inner classes of tantra ([[Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga]]). See also under mantra. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])

Latest revision as of 10:48, 4 January 2006

There is an amdo man who comes to a gompa and asks for the khenpo saying "kambu ka par yod ? and the answer is, there is no peach, we are all apples (kushu)ha ha,