Highest Yoga Tantra
Highest Yoga Tantra (Skt. Anuttarayoga/Yoganiruttara/Yogānuttara Tantra[1]; Wyl. rnal 'byor bla na med pa'i rgyud) is the highest of the four classes of tantra. According to the Sarma tradition, Highest Yoga Tantras are divided into Mother Tantras, Father Tantras and Non-dual Tantras.
In the Nyingma tradition, the Anuttarayoga Tantra corresponds to the three inner tantras of Mahayoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga, and all Mother, Father and Non-dual tantras of the Sarma tradition belong to the Mahayoga class of tantras.
Notes
- ↑ Despite the popularity of Anuttarayoga as a so-called 'back translation' from Tibetan into Sanskrit, this is not attested to in any original Indian text, and scholars generally believe the correct form to be yoganiruttara or yogānuttara.
Further Reading
- Daniel Cozort, Highest Yoga Tantra, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005