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Also Known As mikkyō • Mantrayana • Tantrism • Esoteric Buddhism • Guhyamantrayana • Tantric Buddhism

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Mar-pa
Buddhist scholar
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Buddhist mystic
Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar

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