RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Impermanence, Gelug, Vedas
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Tantra: thread , metaphorical thread connecting master and disciple, it is a valued relationship, and it is a formal tradition, not meant to be taught to large masses, only in sacred relationships. High emphasis on meditation , there are various kinds such as visualization (you have an image that you have to focus on) and mantras (a set of syllables that you repeat over and over) Mandala: elaborate and complex image to meditate, represents the gods and goddesses, monks created them in the sand, with all sorts of colours, then they wash it away demonstrating the impermanence. 6th and 7th century: the first attempt to bring buddhism into tibet was unsuccessful. 10th and 11th century: the second attempt was successful and the work of the monk padma. Master of the schools of buddhism, master of the strategies of tantra and brings them together to appeal to the tibetan people as bon (the tibetan practice) is similar to tantric practice.
