Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s6.t4.7

v1.c7.s6.t4.7

**New and Old Tantric Doctrines:** Old and new Tantric doctrines are inherited in Tibetan Buddhism. In the aspect of exoteric Buddhism, there is no difference between the new and the old as well as the saying between the new school and old school and it is divided according to conditions of propagation of Tantrism purely. As for the division between the new and old, there are many sayings and the most common saying is that tantras translated by Pandita smri ti before he came to Tibet are called as Tantras of the old school, and tantras translated after Rin chen bzang po are called as Tantras of the new school; tantric classics translated by Pandita smri ti before he arrived in Tibet (late 10th century CE) are subject to the old tantras and tantric classics translated since the great translator Rin chen bzang po (958~1055) are subject to the new tantras.