Toh 1355Untitled
Save your scripture progress
Create a free account to save scriptures, track progress, and continue your daily learning path.
Exposition of the Kriyā Tantra Scripture (Toh 1355)
Background
This scripture belongs to the collection of Kriyā Tantra (Action Tantra), one of the four principal classifications of Tantra in the Vajrayāna Tantric tradition. Kriyā Tantra is the outermost level of the Tantric path of practice, focusing on external actions and disciplinary rules in order to purify the mind and ignorance.
The oldest Tantric tradition of Tibet is preserved through scriptures such as this, as Buddhism developed in India from the seventh century onward. Tantric scriptures are held to be direct teachings of Buddha Śākyamuni in the manifestation of the Holy Vajra (Vajrasattva) or other Tantric deities, intended for those whose faculties are sufficiently deep to receive advanced realizations.
This Toh 1355 scripture, though its title has not been clearly recorded, belongs, according to the classification of the Tibetan Kangyur, to a class of Tantra that may be connected with protective deities or with basic practice instructions of the path of Kriyā Tantra. It was taught in the context of a circle around the supreme ones: the Teacher, the Three Jewels, and the Vajra bodhisattvas.
Main Content
Kriyā Tantra scriptures often emphasize that the path of practice begins with disciplined external acts: purifying the altar, preparing incense and flowers, performing the content of recitation, and maintaining vows. These actions are not unconscious customs, but expressions of a mind directed toward liberation.
In the spirit of Kriyā Tantra, the practitioner is encouraged to perform prostrations, praises, and prayers with intense concentration. Each physical action is regarded as a seed of transformation in consciousness. Body, speech, and thought are regarded as the three gates through which one enters the higher reality of contemplation.
This scripture may include instructions on how to establish a genuine altar (maṇḍapa), how to perform visualizations of divine images, or daily practice rules for students following the Vajra path.
🌏 The Buddhist canon is vast — some sūtras (such as comparative Vinaya across schools, or untranslated Tibetan-canon texts) have to this day NEVER been translated into Vietnamese or English by anyone, scholars included. Rather than leave it blank, Inti AI offers a FAITHFUL summary grounded in the tradition — from the sūtra's title, origin and essence — so you can still reach this rare part of the treasury. Whenever an original translation exists, the app shows the original first.
Translations belong to the translator/source credited above. The bilingual compilation, presentation, and AI translations compiled by Inti are © Inti Foundation. Please attribute when quoting; do not bulk-copy or use commercially without permission.