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Esoteric Lineages

Esoteric Lineages is a systematic framework within Vajrayana Buddhism that designates distinct, initiatory transmissions of tantric teachings and practices, characterized by their restricted access, ritual secrecy, and direct master-disciple authorization, thereby distinguishing it from exoteric Buddhist doctrinal traditions.

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Tibetan renaissance: Tantric Buddhism in the rebirth of Tibetan culture

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 112 citations

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Hidden Wisdom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism

John C. Reeves, Guy G. Stroumsa · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 1999 · 37 citations

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The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission : Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma

Niklas Foxeus · 2011 · 16 citations

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'Just Like Kalidasa': The Sakta Intellectuals of Seventeenth-century South India

Elaine M. Fisher · The Journal of Hindu Studies · 2012 · 15 citations

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Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia: Networks of Masters, Texts, Icons

Andrea Acri · 2016 · 13 citations

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Authors

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  1. NF
    Niklas Foxeus

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  2. PA
    Peter A. Jorgensen

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. DQ
    Dennis Quibell Stephenson

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. JW
    Jürg Wassmann

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. AA
    Andrea Acri

    École Pratique des Hautes Études, France

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  1. International Institute for Asian Studies

    Leiden, Netherlands

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    1 publications

    12 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 122 citations

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  2. Apocrypha

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  3. Religions

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. Ethnomusicology

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    1 publications · 37 citations

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