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Dorje Lopön

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In Tibetan Buddhism, Dorje Lopön is a title given to high-level monks who preside over tantric rituals. [1]

6 relations: Kagyu, Sanskrit, Tantra, Tibetan Buddhism, Vajra, Vajrayana.

Kagyu

The Kagyu, Kagyü, or Kagyud school, also known as the "Oral Lineage" or Whispered Transmission school, is today regarded as one of six main schools (chos lugs) of Himalayan or Tibetan Buddhism.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Tantra

Tantra (Sanskrit: तन्त्र, literally "loom, weave, system") denotes the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that co-developed most likely about the middle of 1st millennium CE.

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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the form of Buddhist doctrine and institutions named after the lands of Tibet, but also found in the regions surrounding the Himalayas and much of Central Asia.

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Vajra

Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond.

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Vajrayana

Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.

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Dorje Lopon, Dorje lobpoen, Dorje lobpon, Dorje lobpön, Dorje lopoen, Dorje lopon, Dorje lopön, Rdo rje slob dpon, Rdo-rje slob-dpon.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorje_Lopön

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