Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s6.t4.14

v1.c7.s6.t4.14

The Sagya sect divides Tantric cultivation methods into common Dharma and Distinctive Dharma. Common Dharma includes Vajra Mala, One Hundred Attainment Methods, Attainment Dharma Sea and One Hundred Dharmas of Natang etc and Abhisheka, enlightenment and cultivation can be opened externally and internally. Distinctive Dharma includes Action Tantra, Performance Tantra, Yoga Tantra and Anuttarayoga Tantra. Action Tantra has three common Abhishekas including Buddha, Lotus and Vajra, Ratna, and each part has Abhisheka, instruction and enlightenment of over 50 kinds of Dharmas including Buddhas, group leaders, consorts, Shikhin, Wrath Gods, Wrath Goddesses, envoys and Wealth God; Performance Tantra has instruction and enlightenment of “Five Manjusri Bodhisattvas” who are the leaders of Tathagata group; Yoga Tantra has instruction and enlightenment of multiple kinds of Dharmas including Purifying Twelve Altars with Evil Incarnations, Universal Brightness, Vajrapani Destroying the Lord of Death; Anuttarayoga Tantra including three types, including Father Tantra, Mother Tantra and Nondual Tantra. Father Tantra orients at Abhisheka and heritance of Guhyasamaji, Manjusri Vajra and Avalokitesvara etc.; Mother Tantra orients at Supreme Happiness, Vajravarahi, Five Deities of Kurukulle, Amitayus Buddha, Great Pity and Independent Existence, and Twenty One Taras, etc.; Nondual Tantra orients at perfect Abhisheka and heritance of body speech of Hevajra, Kalachakra Vajra, Fifteen Deities of Nairatmya, Panjaranatha Mahakala, Vajrapani Subduing Monsters, and White Intelligence Tara etc.