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Author	Vairocanarakṣita
Display name	Vairocanarakṣita
Page	Vairocanarakṣita
Sort date	1052
Date	b. 11th or 12th c.
Description	An eleventh-century scholar from Vikramaśīla, known for prodcucing works on sūtra. According to Karl Brunnhölzl, he likely also authored Mahāyānottaratantraśāstraṭippanī (A Commentary on the Meaning of the Words of the "Uttaratantra"). He is not to be confused with a second Vairocanarakṣita, known also as Vairocanavajra, who lived about a century later and spent time in Tibet in the mid-12th century and who was more focused on tantra and mahāmudrā.
Description Tibetan
Text title	Bodhisattvacaryāvatārapañjikā
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External link	https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/People/Vairocanarak%E1%B9%A3ita

Sūtra - Sūtras mainly refer to the discourses delivered by the Buddha and his disciples, and the Sūtra corpus is one of the three main sets of teachings which form the Buddhist canon. Skt सूत्र  Tib མདོ།  Ch 佛经  

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Uttaratantra - The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. Skt उत्तरतन्त्र  Tib རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་  Ch 寶性論  

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Tantra - Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism. Skt तन्त्र  Tib རྒྱུད།  Ch 密宗  

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Mahāmudrā - Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside dharmamūdra, samayamudrā, and karmamudrā. Skt महामुद्रा  Tib ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ།  

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