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Guhyasamāja
(6,181 words)
The
Guhyasamājatantra (Scripture of Esoteric Assembly) is one of the most influential scriptures in later Indian tantric Buddhism. The key term “esoteric assembly” here is explained in the scripture itself (ch. 18) as the aggregate (
samāja) of body, speech, and mind (
guhya). It is the principal scripture of the
yogottaratantra class, the wave following the
yogatantra in the historical development of tantric literature. In this scripture, esoteric eroticism, only marginal in the
yogatantras, has moved to the foreground, and multi-faced, multi-armed male deities are r…
