Vajrayana

British  

/ ˌvʌdʒrʌˈjɑːnə /

noun

1. a school of Tantric Buddhism of India and Tibet

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Etymology

Origin of Vajrayana

from Sanskrit: vehicle of the diamond or thunderbolt

Example Sentences

Stanfield took classes on Vajrayana Buddhism, attended weekly pujas, or ceremonies, and began practicing Buddhist meditation with the temple sangha, or community.

From Washington Times • May 25, 2015

Abbot James Wiseman, retired professor of theology at Catholic University, discusses the three main branches or lineages of Buddhism, Theravada, Mahayana, including Zen and Vajrayana.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2014

While at Columbia, he began to practice Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, and in 1976, he moved to Boulder, Colo., to continue his studies with the Buddhist master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2011

Zendos began spreading to Middle America, and when Chogyam Trungpa died in 1987 at age 47, a contingent of lay American-born Vajrayana Buddhists was able to perform the funeral liturgy along with Tibetans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their quests seemed to end in Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a brilliant apostle of Vajrayana and part of the Tibetan diaspora.

From Time Magazine Archive