檢視 Four classes of tantra 四部密續的原始碼

The [[Sarma]] tradition of new translation schools, recognizes '''four classes of [[tantra]]''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rgyud sde bzhi''): 

[[Three outer classes of tantra|Three outer classes]]—
*[[Kriya Tantra]],
*[[Charya Tantra]] and
*[[Yoga Tantra]]; 

And one inner class of tantra, which is called
*[[Anuttarayoga Tantra]], or Highest Yoga Tantra.

The latter is divided into three: 
*[[Father Tantras]], such as the [[Guhyasamaja Tantra]], the King of Tantras; 
*[[Mother Tantras]], such as the [[Chakrasamvara Tantra]]; and 
*Non-dual Tantras, such as [[Kalachakra]].<ref>The Kalachakra Tantra can be designated either as a Mother Tantra or Non-dual Tantra. See ''Kalachakra Tantra, Rite of Initiation'' by the [[Dalai Lama]] and Jeffrey Hopkins (London: Wisdom, 1985), pages 165-6.</ref> 

==Further Reading==
*Glenn H. Mullin, ''The Dalai Lamas on Tantra'' (Snow Lion Publications, 2006)

==Internal Links==
*The [[six classes of tantra]] of the [[Nyingma]] school.

==Notes==
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