Earliest Reference for "Vajra"
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Earliest Reference for "Vajra"
Does anyone know who coined the word "vajra" to describe the tantric vehicle?
Re: Earliest Reference for "Vajra"
As fa as EA buddhism is under any consideration the term used was mantra, not vajra. i.e. mantrayana, never vajrayana. Also longer term was - secret teaching of mantra school/mantrajana.The_Unholy_Peasant wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:15 am Does anyone know who coined the word "vajra" to describe the tantric vehicle?
Vajra is much broder term in EA and is used by different schools not only by vajrayana/mantrayana. the term Mantra makes clear distinction. Vajra does not.
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Re: Earliest Reference for "Vajra"
Thank you. Let me refine my question:
When is the earliest attested use of "mantrayana"?
(I'll ask the other in the Tibetan Buddhism forum.)
When is the earliest attested use of "mantrayana"?
(I'll ask the other in the Tibetan Buddhism forum.)
Re: Earliest Reference for "Vajra"
Most probably it arrived from the begining of the viii century, with appearance of mantra teachers like Vajrabodhi and others. Anyway in India mantra vehicle was growing in popularity at that time, so with intense exchange of monks from India and China mantrayana became spread up to Japan. Further was only ocean.The_Unholy_Peasant wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:57 pm Thank you. Let me refine my question:
When is the earliest attested use of "mantrayana"?
(I'll ask the other in the Tibetan Buddhism forum.)