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Vajrayana - Buddhism - Britannica.com
Sanskrit "Thunderbolt Vehicle" or "Diamond Vehicle" form of Tantric Buddhism that developed in India and neighbouring countries, notably Tibet.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Vajrayana
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Vajrayana Buddhism Origins, Vajrayana Buddhism History, Vajrayana Buddhism Beliefs
Vajrayana Buddhism, also known as the "Diamond Vehicle" or "Thunderbolt Vehicle" is an esoteric form of Buddhism that developed in India in the 5th century C.E.
http://www.patheos.com/Library/Vajrayana-Buddhism
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Vajrayana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
VajrayÄna also known as Tantric Buddhism, TantrayÄna, MantrayÄna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism, Diamond Way, Thunderbolt Way, or the Indestructible Way, is a complex and multifaceted system of Buddhist thought and practice which has evolved over several centuries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana
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Vajrayana - The Esoteric or Diamond Vehicle of Buddhism
This is a brief introduction to basic Buddhist Vajrayana -- what is is, how it originated.
http://buddhism.about.com/od/vajrayanabuddhism/fl/Vajrayana-An-Introduction.htm
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Buddhist Schools - Vajrayana
This is the kind of Buddhism predominant in the Himalayan nations of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and also Mongolia. It is known as Vajrayana because of the ritual use of the vajra, a symbol of imperishable diamond, of thunder and lightning.
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/b3schvaj.htm
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Vajrayana Buddhism
The Buddhist Vajrayana Buddhism - Its origin and spread.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/budvaj.htm
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DharmaNet International
Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana are usually lumped together and often confused. Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in Tibet and the Himalayan region beginning in the 8th century C.E.
http://www.dharmanet.org/lcvajrayana.htm
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Buddhism - Vajrayana
In the seventh century, a major movement within Mahayana Buddhism arose. This stream of Buddhism, called the Vajrayana, is most prominent in Tibet and its surrounding regions, although forms of it are found in China and Japan.
http://www.pluralism.org/religions/buddhism/introduction-to-buddhism/vajrayana-the-diamond-vehicle
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Vajrayana - Buddha World
Iconography of byddhism, buddhist sutras, personalities and text and a big directory of buddhist centers from all over the world of different buddhist schools.
http://www.tamqui.com/buddhaworld/Vajrayana
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Vajrayana - Rigpa Wiki
Vajrayana or 'Vajra Vehicle'. The teaching, and practice, of the Vajrayana or 'Secret Mantra Vehicle' lies at the heart of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition of Tibet. Based on the motivation of bodhichitta-the wish to attain, for the sake of others, the state of complete enlightenment-the Vajrayana is a path centred on cultivating pure perception.
http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Vajrayana
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Vajrayana Is Not Tibetan Buddhism
Western Buddhists commonly equate Vajrayana with Tibetan Buddhism. This is wrong for two reasons: Most of Vajrayana is not Tibetan Most of Tibetan Buddhism is not Vajrayana This is not controversial. Every scholar, Tibetan and Western, agrees. Still, it's a widespread confusion. This matters for what Buddhism can be in the 21st century.
https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/vajrayana-is-not-tibetan-buddhism/
