Path: shell.portal.com!svc.portal.com!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dacom.co.kr!vyzynz!damage.usa1.net!news From: Bosco Ho Newsgroups: alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan,alt.magick.tyagi,talk.religion.buddhism Subject: Re: Real v. Fake Buddhism (Was Re: OMiNous 1.6) Date: 18 Jan 1996 10:15:59 GMT Organization: USAinternet, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4dl6kv$ok0@damage.usa1.net> References: <4clc4n$dt5@homer.alpha.net> <4devgv$kph@jobe.shell.portal.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wmn1-52.usa1.com Xref: shell.portal.com alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan:6061 alt.magick.tyagi:6338 talk.religion.buddhism:15514 dns@netcom.com (Lefty Redux) wrote: > > In article <4devgv$kph@jobe.shell.portal.com> tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) writes: > > > >I've never heard 'Tantric Buddhism' separated from Vajrayana or > >Tibet. > > The Japanese Shingon sect is unquestionably Tantric. There was also a > Tantric Chinese sect as well (since this is where Kobo Daishi (Kukai) > studied it), but the name of it escapes me. > > > -- > Lefty Redux [gYon-Pa] , > C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:. That was Shingon (true word.) The lineage has passed from China to Japan upon Kukai return. However, there is also Tendai Mikkyo, which is a splinter from the regular Tendai (Tien Tai.) But i don't think China's Tien Tai has ever been Tantric. YITD BH p.s. some newsgroup xpostings removed