Vajrayana
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Vajrayāna (Template:Lang-sa, "thunderbolt vehicle", diamond vehicle, or "indestructible vehicle"), along with Mantrayāna, Guhyamantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, are names referring to Buddhist traditions associated with Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in the medieval Indian subcontinent and spread to Tibet, Nepal, other Himalayan states, East Asia, and Mongolia.
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See also
- Buddhism in Bhutan
- Buddhism in Nepal
- Buddhism in Russia
- Buddhism in the Maldives
- Kashmir Shaivism
- Malaysian Vajrayana
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