Nine Yanas

Nine yānas (Tib. Template:BigTibetan, Wyl. theg pa dgu) or nine successive vehicles (Tib. Template:BigTibetan, Wyl. theg pa rim pa dgu) — within the Nyingma tradition, the full spectrum of spiritual paths is divided into nine yanas, a system of practice bringing together all the approaches of the Buddha’s teaching into a single comprehensive path to enlightenment.

When the Buddhist teachings are classified according to their power, they are described as a vehicle (Skt. yana) or a series of hierarchical vehicles, arranged in the manner of the rungs of a ladder. Among these, the specific Template:Wiki of nine vehicles or nine sequences of the vehicle (Skt. navayāna) accords with the standpoint of the rnying ma school, which systematises the Buddhist teachings according to the Template:Wiki of the three outer or causal vehicles (those of the pious attendants, hermit buddhas and bodhisattvas), those of the three outer classes of tantra (Kriyatantra, Ubhayatantra and Yogatantra), and those of the three inner classes of tantra (Mahayoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga). GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)

Origin

The nine yanas are referred to in the Kulayaraja Tantra (Kunje Gyalpo) and in the General Sutra of the Gathering of All Intentions (Düpa Do), which is the central scripture of Anuyoga.

Subdivision According to the Three Kayas

• Dharmakaya teachings refer to the teachings of Atiyoga
• Sambhogakaya teachings refer to the teachings of the three outer yanas, as well as Mahayoga and Anuyoga
• Nirmanakaya teachings refer to the teachings of the three causal vehicles

The Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism has nine yanas, a list made by combining the first type of three yanas, and adding the six classes of tantras.

• Hīnayāna
  • 1. Śrāvakayāna
  • 2. Pratyekayāna
• Mahāyāna consisting of:
  • 3. Bodhisattvayāna
• Vajrayāna, consisting of:
  • Outer Tantras
    • 4. Kriyatantra
    • 5. Upatantra (Tibetan spyod rgyud) ‘practice tantra’ and the Ubhayatantra (gnyis ka’i rgyud), ‘dual tantra’, because it practices the view of the next vehicle, Yogatantra, together with the action of the former.
    • 6. Yogatantra
  • Inner Tantras
    • 7. Mahāyoga
    • 8. Anuyoga
    • 9. Atiyoga (also Dzogchen)

It is important to note that there are numerous untranslated portions of the Vima Nyingthig, Gongpa Sangtal, etc. that place the most secret unsurpassed cycle of Menngagde as a totally Template:Wiki Buddhist vehicle outside the nine yanas.

The Nine Yanas
sutrayana			tantrayana
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basic vehicle		mahayana	vajrayana
path of renunciation			path of purification		path of transformation			path of self-liberation
1. the shravaka yana Template:BigTibetan	2. the pratyekabuddha yana Template:BigTibetan	3. the bodhisattva yana Template:BigTibetan	4. the yana of kriya tantra Template:BigTibetan	5. the yana of charya tantra Template:BigTibetan	6. the yana of yoga tantra Template:BigTibetan	7. the yana of mahayoga Template:BigTibetan	8. the yana of anuyoga Template:BigTibetan	9. the yana of atiyoga Template:BigTibetan

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