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'''Vajrapañjara Tantra''' (Skt. ''ḍākinī-vajra-pañjara-tantra''; Tib. རྡོ་རྗེ་གུར་, ''dorje gur'', [[Wyl.]] ''rdo rje gur'') or '''Indestructible Tent Tantra''' is a Yogini or Dakini [[Tantra]], and is said to be an explanatory tantra of the [[Hevajra Tantra]]. It includes several instructions on how to follow a [[guru]], including many oft-cited passages, such as the following:

:All the [[buddha]]s have praised
:The master who is the teacher.
:Recognize him, therefore, as
:Like a father and mother to us all.

==Text==
The full title:
*Skt. ''ārya-ḍākinī-vajra-pañjara-mahātantra-rājā-kalpa-nāma''; Wyl. '' 'phags pa mkha' 'gro ma rdo rje gur zhes bya ba'i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po'i brtag pa''

==Further Reading==
*[[Tsongkhapa]], ''The Fulfillment of All Hopes'', translated & edited by Gareth Sparham, Boston: Wisdom, 1999 (includes several quotations from the tantra)

==Alternative translation==
*The Tantra of the Vajra Cage

[[Category:Tantras]]